佛之形像。广义含菩萨、罗汉、明王、等像。其像虽有雕塑像、画像（绘像）二种，然仅雕塑像称佛像，画像则称图像。印度古代认为雕画佛像乃是冒渎神圣之事，故山琦（梵Sa^nchi^ ）等之古雕刻，仅止于以佛法、菩提树、佛足迹等标记象征佛。其后，随大乘佛教之兴起，佛像之雕刻始盛行，故诸大乘经典中有甚多关于造像因缘及其功德之记载。
Buddha's image. The broad sense includes Bodhisattvas, Arhats, Ming kings, etc. Although there are two kinds of sculptures and portraits, only sculptures are called Buddha statues and portraits are called images. In ancient India, it was considered to be sacrilege to carve and draw Buddha statues. Therefore, the ancient sculptures of Shanqi (Sansa ^ nchi ^) are only used to symbolize Buddha with Buddhist method, bodhi tree, footprint of Buddha, etc. Later, with the rise of Mahayana Buddhism, the sculpture of Buddha began to prevail, so there are many records about the cause and virtue of statue in all Mahayana classics.