五方佛【英】

Painting of the Five Dhyani Buddhas (Five Direction Buddhas)

定义

佛教尊像画之一。位于元代第465窟窟顶。窟顶为覆斗形，中心画“大日如来”，东披画阿閦佛，南披绘宝生佛，西披画阿弥陀佛，北披是不空成就佛，画风细腻，构图严谨，仪轨气氛浓厚，是表现密宗义理“五佛五智”的重要题材。

Painting of the Five Dhyani Buddhas: a figure painting of Buddhas, painted on the ceiling of Cave 465 (Yuan Period, AD 1271–1368). The ceiling is in the shape of a truncated pyramid with four slopes, with Vairocana (the principal deity) in the center surrounded by Akshobhya of the east, Ratnasambhava of the south, Amitabha of the west and Amoghasiddhi of the north. The painting has a refined style and rigorous composition, conveying a solemn ritual atmosphere, made to expound the major Vajrayana teaching that the Five Dhyani Buddhas are representations of the Buddha’s five qualities of wisdom.