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ID: 901000407
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000407
Record Type: Character/Person

Manjushri (Buddhist bodhisattva)

Note: The Bodhisattva of wisdom, often depicted as a boy of less than sixteen years.

Names:
Manjushri (Buddhist bodhisattva) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Manjushri (Buddhist bodhisattva) (Dutch-P,D,N)
Mañjuśrī (Buddhist bodhisattva) (undetermined,U)
मञ्जुश्री (Buddhist bodhisattva) (Sanskrit)
Manjuvara (Buddhist bodhisattva) (English)
Bodhisattva Manjushri (Buddhist bodhisattva) (undetermined,U,N)
Mañjuśrīkumārabhūta (Buddhist bodhisattva) (undetermined)
Jambyang (Buddhist bodhisattva) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Manjushri (Buddhist bodhisattva) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Vimalakirti and Manjushri
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist narratives, Vimalakirti and Manjushri (Buddhist narrative)) [901001393]
associated with .... Arapacana
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Arapacana (Buddhist deity)) [901002266]
associated with .... Vadirat
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Vadirat (Buddhist deity)) [901002268]
associated with .... Manjunātha
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Manjunātha (Buddhist deity)) [901002269]
focus of .... Manjushri Namasamgiti
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Manjushri Namasamgiti (Buddhist text)) [901002093]
has as manifestation .... Vajrabhairava
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Vajrabhairava (Buddhist deity)) [901000902]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... bodhisattva
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Buddhism
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... wisdom
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Manjushri (Buddhist bodhisattva)
................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
................Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)
Mañjuśrī (Buddhist bodhisattva)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85080576
मञ्जुश्री (Buddhist bodhisattva)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manjushri
Manjuvara (Buddhist bodhisattva)
................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)
Bodhisattva Manjushri (Buddhist bodhisattva)
................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
Mañjuśrīkumārabhūta (Buddhist bodhisattva)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manjushri
Jambyang (Buddhist bodhisattva)
................Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85080576
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manjushri#/media/File:Manjusri_Kumara_(bodhisattva_of_wisdom),_India,_Pala_dynesty,_9th_century,_stone,_Honolulu_Academy_of_Arts.jpg

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