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ID: 901001121
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001121
Record Type: Legendary Place

Narakas (Buddhist legendary places)

Note: Places in Buddhist cosmology; closely related to Diyu, the hell in Chinese mythology, places into which beings are born as a direct result of his or her accumulated actions (karma) and resides there for a finite period of time until that karma has achieved its full result.

Names:
Narakas (Buddhist legendary places) (preferred,English-P,D)
Naraka (Buddhist legendary places) (English,A,N)
Nirayas (Buddhist legendary places) (English,D)
नरक (Buddhist legendary places) (Sanskrit,D)
निरय (Buddhist legendary places) (Sanskrit,U)
那落迦 (Buddhist legendary places) (Chinese-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist legendary places> (P)
............Narakas (Buddhist legendary places) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Diyu
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Chinese iconography, Chinese legendary places, Diyu (Chinese legendary place)) [901001123]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... hell (doctrinal concept)
.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Buddhism
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Narakas (Buddhist legendary places)
................Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997)
Naraka (Buddhist legendary places)
................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
Nirayas (Buddhist legendary places)
................Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraka_(Buddhism)
नरक (Buddhist legendary places)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
निरय (Buddhist legendary places)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraka_(Buddhism)
那落迦 (Buddhist legendary places)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraka_(Buddhism)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997)
................ Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)

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