Sixteen arhats in niche 33, Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞

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Sixteen arhats in niche 33, Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞 Anderl, Christoph

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Niche 33 in Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省 displays a seated Buddha in the center along with with sixteen arhats on both sides[1]. Below the Buddha there is an inscription of the Uṣṇīṣavijayā-dhāraṇī (Ch. Foding zunsheng tuoluoni jing 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經) [2]. On either side of the Buddha, arhats are seated on rocky bases in two rows and they makes different gestures or carry different monastic objects such as an alms bowl, water bottle, scroll or staff [3][4]. Reference: Chengdu wenwu kaogu yanjiusuo 成都文物考古研究所, Beijing daxue Zhongguo kaogu yanjiu zhongxin 北京大學中國考古學研究中心, and Anyue xian wenwuju 安岳縣文物局, “Sichuan Anyue xian Yuanjue dong moya shike zaoxiang diaocha baogao” 四川安岳縣圓覺洞摩崖石刻造像調查報告, in Nanfang minzu kaogu 南方民族考古, ed. Sichuan daxue bowuguan 四川大學博物館, Sichuan daxue kaoguxue xi 四川大學考古學系, and Chengdu wenwu kaogu yanjiusuo 成都文物考古研究所, vol. 9 (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2013), 365–449. Metadata created by: Yalin Du, Sijia Li, Clara Ma, Jie Zhang.

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Title	Sixteen arhats in niche 33, Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞
Creator	Anderl, Christoph
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-05-22
Description	Niche 33 in Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省 displays a seated Buddha in the center along with with sixteen arhats on both sides[1]. Below the Buddha there is an inscription of the Uṣṇīṣavijayā-dhāraṇī (Ch. Foding zunsheng tuoluoni jing 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經) [2]. On either side of the Buddha, arhats are seated on rocky bases in two rows and they makes different gestures or carry different monastic objects such as an alms bowl, water bottle, scroll or staff [3][4]. Reference: Chengdu wenwu kaogu yanjiusuo 成都文物考古研究所, Beijing daxue Zhongguo kaogu yanjiu zhongxin 北京大學中國考古學研究中心, and Anyue xian wenwuju 安岳縣文物局, “Sichuan Anyue xian Yuanjue dong moya shike zaoxiang diaocha baogao” 四川安岳縣圓覺洞摩崖石刻造像調查報告, in Nanfang minzu kaogu 南方民族考古, ed. Sichuan daxue bowuguan 四川大學博物館, Sichuan daxue kaoguxue xi 四川大學考古學系, and Chengdu wenwu kaogu yanjiusuo 成都文物考古研究所, vol. 9 (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2013), 365–449. Metadata created by: Yalin Du, Sijia Li, Clara Ma, Jie Zhang.
Subject	Anyue Buddhist sites; Sichuan Buddhist art; Yuanjue Cave; Buddhism; Stone carving; Sixteen Arhats
Geographic Location	Sichuan Sheng (China); Anyue Xian (China); Yuanjue dong (China); 30.090897705; 105.3448909
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
Notes	Author Affiliation: Ghent University
Series	Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available	2023-03-23
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0428581
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84022
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
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