金刚手
金刚手西藏
14世纪
高27厘米
合金铜、单体浇铸
Vajrapani
Tibet
14th Century
H. 27 cm
Copper alloy, cast in one piece
金刚手又名“秘密主”,因其手持金刚杵而得名,具有除恶降魔的广大神力,是大势至菩萨的忿怒化现,属金刚部,为藏传佛教崇奉的三大依怙主之一。金刚手具足威势权力,制服诸魔外道,消灭地水火风所生灾难。信众一切所求,如愿成就。
金刚手形象有多种,最常见者为此一面三目造型。此像作展立状,髻顶饰有释迦摩尼祖师像,头戴五叶宝冠,冠沿由一条蛇盘缠其上,髮髻及眉须呈火焰状,束带立於宝冠两侧,面生三目,怒目圆睁,口张卷舌,獠牙外露,神态威严,表示大无畏,大忿怒,摄人心魂,双耳圆铛为空心,边沿刻着连珠。右手高举金刚杵,上身坦露,肢体圆浑,富有张力,项饰璎珞,嵌绿宝,以蛇为饰,立於左肩之上。手腕及脚踝饰有蛇状钏环,飘逸的帔帛富有律动感,腰围虎皮,虎爪雕饰写真。腿右曲而左伸,赤脚踩在单层莲花宝座上,莲瓣短而鼓,做工精湛。整像铸胎厚重,局部雕刻细致生动,栩栩如生。
Vajrapani is a wrathful Tutelary Deity, representing the power of all Buddha. He holds aloft in the right a Vajra. The left hand extended to the side displays a wrathful gesture. His hair flows upward from the top of the head. Adorned with ornaments, a crown, and a bracelet, the upper body is covered with the skin of a snow lion. The lower body is wrapped with a tiger skin. He is standing on the upward lotus pedestal, his right leg bent and his left leg straight.
Vajrapani is also called “The Lord of Secret”. It is one of the Vajras, the incarnation of the Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva. In the legend, the canon of Esotericism which has been taken out from the iron tower by Nagarjuna is edited by Vajrapani who gained the name because of holding a Vajra's poke.
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