1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Iconographic Study of Pala Art in India
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03451011
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Fine art history
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYAJI Akira Nagoya University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70022374)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TACHIKAWA Musashi National Museum of Ethnology, Professor, 教授 (00022369)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1992
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| Keywords | Pala Art / Sakyamuni Buddha / Crowned Buddha / Five Buddhas / Buddhist Triad / Esoteric Buddha / Vairocana / Aksobhya |
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| Research Abstract |
The chief theme of our research is an iconographic study of various kinds of the Buddha(Tathagata) of Pala dynasty in India. At first we collected a lot of photographic materials of the sculptures of Pala period and classified these materials according to an iconographic point of view. As a result of this rearrangement the iconographic system of the Buddha(Tathagata) of Pala dynasty has been clarified as following.
1) Buddha-to-be Sakyamuni triumphing over Mara, with his seven other life scenes.
2) Free standing Sakyamuni image representing each of his eight life scenes.
3) Buddhist triad: Buddha with two flanking Bodhisattvas. The sculptures of "SAKYAMUNI-Avalokitesvara-Maitreya" type are most popular.
4) Crowned Buddha. Most of the crowned Buddhas are Sakyamuni.
5) Five esoteric Buddhas (Vairocana, Aksobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha and Amoghasiddhi) carved of the lintel of the door, and the base and aureole of the sculptures.
6) Free standing Buddha images identified with Vairocana, Aksobhya, Ratnasambhava and Amoghasiddhi
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