唐乾寧五年 砂岩石浮雕佛像刻「加句靈驗佛頂尊勝陁羅尼」經幢 《乾寧五年七月十一日弟子楊彥真》款

formed from two octagonal sections, the base carved in relief with four addorsed Buddhas seated in dhyanasana on four sides, wearing monastic robes with incised drapery folds, the separate upper section engraved vertically overall around the facetted sides in small regular script, one side with a dedication by Yang Yanzhen dated to the eleventh day of the seventh month in the fifth year of the Qianning period (corresponding to AD 898, Tang dynasty), followed by the complete Chinese transcript of the (Sarvadurgatipariśodhana) Usnisa Vijaya Dharani sutra, all arranged on each side in three columns below a row of eight Buddhas at the apex, each carved in low relief, seated within a recessed tear-shaped niche, the pale pink stone with a dark grey patina

購於五十至六十年代

The upper section can detach from the base. There is some wear and weathering on the surface in keeping with age. The top bears cutting mark and does not have the greyish patina showing on the outside of the stele, revealing the reddish sandstone body, indicating that it could be the now truncated lower section of a higher columnar element. Otherwise the overall condition is in keeping with age with no apparent recent damages or restorations.
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刻文：
乾寧五年七月十一日，弟子楊彥真闔家同發，𩑘造此幢，為廿八天一切龍神，當處土地龍神。四恩三有，墮黑闇中人，諸王眷蜀，無主鬼，并也侍父母，𩑘乘此功德，往生淨土。法界有情，同霑利益。加句靈驗佛頂尊勝陁羅尼。

此類刻經文唐代石碑，應受五世紀石窟石碑之影響，如見一公元428年紀年例，供養人為北梁時期酒泉人高善穆，現藏蘭州市甘肅省博物館，錄於 Angela Falco Howard 等，《Chinese Sculpture》，紐黑文及北京，2006年，頁216，圖版3.15。其碑共分五層，除碑銘外，亦飾七坐佛及彌勒菩薩。另比兩相類石碑例，皆屬北梁時期，載於《中國美術全集》，卷3，北京，1988年，圖版31-32，前者藏甘肅省酒泉市博物館，後者存蘭州市甘肅省博物館。亦有一例，為五世紀中期物，藏柏林印度藝術博物館，錄於松原三郎，《中国仏教彫刻史論》，東京，1995年，圖版編一，圖版30a。