圣物箱

圣物箱是存放与逝去圣人相关物品的容器,可以存有圣人的遗骸,如圣髑、衣服以及其他日常用品等。实际上圣物的权威性通常引发讨论,因此保存圣物箱的一些宗教场所也有着圣物出处相关的文献记载。圣物箱存在于基督教、佛教、印度教等宗教文化中[1][2][3],信徒会去放置圣物箱的教堂、寺庙朝圣祈求神明保佑。圣物箱也不仅仅存放宗教人物,如法国国王也会将自己的器官放于圣物箱内埋葬。

参考资料

  1. "Two Gandhāran Reliquaries" K. Walton Dobbins. East and West, 18 (1968), pp. 151–162.
  2. The Stūpa and Vihāra of Kanishka I. K. Walton Dobbins. (1971) The Asiatic Society of Bengal Monograph Series, Vol. XVIII. Calcutta.
  3. "Is the Kaniṣka Reliquary a work from Mathurā?" Mirella Levi d’Ancona. Art Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Dec., 1949), pp. 321–323.
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