ID: 700009014 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009014	Record Type: Movable Work
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Magic Competition between Śạriputra and Raudrākṣa (scroll (information artifact); unknown Chinese; ca. 9th/10th century; Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris, Île-de-France, France); Pelliot chinois 4524;)

Note: From Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province. Example of Chinese popular semivernacular literary genre known asthe bianwen, or transformation text. The origins and function ofthe bianwen, which is characterized by alternations of prose andverse on both secular and religious content, have been extensivelydebated. The preserved portion of the scroll depicts five rounds of the battle, showing, from right to left, Raudrāksa’s conjured mountainbeing smashed by Śāriputra’s vajra-wielding hulk, his water buffalo being killed by a lion, his pool being sucked dry by an elephant, his dragon being assaulted by a bird, and his demons being subdued by the Heavenly King Vaiśravana. The missing portion likely depicted the defeat of Raudrāksa’s tree by Śāriputra’s gale-force wind, which appears consistently in Dunhuang texts and wall paintings. Thus the Buddhists sweep the tournament, leaving the heretics no choice but to convert.

Titles:

Magic Competition between Śạriputra and Raudrākṣa (preferred,C,U,English,U,U)

舍利弗與勞度叉鬥聖圖 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

scroll (information artifact) [300028629] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>)

painting (visual work) [300033618]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 9th/10th century

Creator Display:

unknown Chinese [preferred]

artist unknown Chinese (Chinese cultural designation) [500125222]

Locations:

Other: Discovery: Qianfodong [7029798] Gansu province (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, Île-de-France, France) [500309981] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: Pelliot chinois 4524

Display Materials: Ink and pigments on paper

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: 27.5 × 572 cm (10 13⁄16 × 225 3⁄16 in.)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Contest between Sariputra and Raudraksa [901001395]
	.....((Buddhist narratives, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Sāriputra (Indian Brahmin, holy man, ca. 568-ca. 484 BCE) [500372695]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Raudrakṣa [901001396]
	.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:

	former location was .... Mogao Cave 17 [700008877]
	..........rock-cut temple; N/A; begun 9th century

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Works at Mogao

Sources and Contributors:
Magic Competition between Śạriputra and Raudrākṣa	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 35
舍利弗與勞度叉鬥聖圖	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 35