경주 칠불암 사찰 구조와 석경의 봉안 형태 연구

Abstract

Gyeongju Chilbulam is located in the high eastern part of Namsan and is called that way because seven Buddha statues, including Ma-ae Samjonbul (The three rock-carved Buddhas) and Samyeonsukbul (The four sided rock-carved Buddhas), are engraved on it. The structure of Chilbulam is assumed to have a space enough to go double rotation around Samyeonsukbul. In other words, there seems to be an inner space where you can turn around Samyeonsukbul while bowing, and another space where you can turn around Ma-ae Samjonbul while looking at it toward outside with a wall in between. The pedestal rock of the wall between Samyeonsukbul and Ma-ae Samjonbul is Domusang (a statue in figure of dancing and jumping), which is carved on and visible from both sides. A groove is cut out on the top side of this pedestal as if making the nib of the base of tombstone stand up. Accordingly it is believed that a wall has been built on it, and that a Buddhist Stone Scripture has been attached to both sides of the wall. The Chilbulam is estimated to be a temple with a double corridor that there is Samyeonsukbul as the central pillar, around which there is the pedestal of Domusang comprising the inner wall, of which the Buddhist Stone Scripture of 『Yaksagyeong』 is attached to the inside and the Buddhist Stone Scripture of 『Geumganggyeong』 to the outside, and the outer wall surrounds the whole structure.