Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra (detail)
Color on palm leaf
八千頌般若經插圖
印度
此印度梵文貝葉經《八千頌般若經》共一百八十八頁，每片高6公分，長55.5公分，上繪插圖，為當時一虔誠信徒羅闍耶波羅（Rajyapala）供養。
此四頁插圖，由上而下，依序為常見的佛陀八相成道之樹下誕生與佛說法圖，以及二尊菩薩坐像。樹下誕生圖中，摩耶夫人手扶無憂樹，其妹摩訶波闍波提於旁攙扶，太子從其右脇下降誕。說法圖中佛陀帶頭光，頂髻高圓，著紅色通肩袈裟，手結說法印，結跏趺坐；身側二弟子雙手合十跪坐，虔敬凝視佛陀。佛傳圖下方之二尊菩薩均面帶微笑，手結印，自在而坐。
畫中人物輪廓鮮明，線條細膩流利，色彩豔麗，體現出純熟的繪畫技巧。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 358.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 358.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:358.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 358).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 358,
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year = {2016}}