斯里兰卡“佛足迹图”的考察与初步研究--以阿努罗陀补罗(Anuradhapura)为中心

A Survey of The ‘Carved Buddha Footprints’ in Anuradhapura of Sri Lanka

斯里兰卡是佛足迹图流传甚广的一个区域,也是佛足迹图传播路线上一个重要的节点,其图像具有独特的纹饰与风格。以往见诸著录的佛足迹图像资料不多,且往往缺乏考古出土背景,本文结合斯里兰卡古都阿努罗陀补罗(Anuradhapura)4-8世纪佛寺遗址考古发现的佛足迹图,可以更为清楚地观察到斯里兰卡佛教文化中此类图像的流行情况,并有助于了解我国唐代佛足迹图的来源及其传入路线等。

Sri Lanka occupies the important position along the spreading route of the carved Buddhas footprint with its large number and popularity of the carvings with the unique design and style. The analysis based on the combination of the excavated objects in the 4 th-8 th Buddhist temple ruins in Anuradhapura and the rare materials available intends to explore the prevalence of this design in the Buddhist cultural context in Sri Lanka aiming for the source and approaches of such Buddha footprint images into The Tang Dynasty.