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敦煌地区吐蕃时期毗沙门天王像表现形式独特，经常与观音、地藏等组合出现。这一时期的毗沙门天开始与带有救度众生等现世利益的职能联系在了一起。然而，毗沙门天信仰从起初的护国祈愿到去除众生苦难的各种现世利益，具有超越性的世俗信仰根基很深。吐蕃时期敦煌的图像不能说只是一个地方的作品，而应该将中原的毗沙门天信仰情况作为其有力的比较对象进行再认识。这一时期的图像，对于时代和地域较为广泛的毗沙门天王像研究，具有不可回避的重要意义。“,”The images of Vaisravana at Dunhuang during the Tibetan Occupation, which show a unique art form, usually appeared as the paired images of Avalokite?vara and Ksitigabha. These images began to possess such functions as saving living beings and protecting their secular benefits thereafter. Nevertheless, the transition of Vaisravana belief from first protecting the kingdom to finally protecting the secular benefits of living beings was deeply rooted in secular belief. Images of Vaisravana during the Tibetan occupation at Dunhuang cannot reflect the belief in other places. Therefore, a comparative study of the Vaisravana belief local to Dunhuang and that of the Central Plains should be carried out to better understand it. These images of this period are significant for extensively studying Vaisravana belief at different times and in different places.