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ID: 901001301
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001301
Record Type: Legendary Place

Tuṣita (Buddhist legendary place)

Note: In Buddhism, the 4th highest of the 6 heavens within the sensuous realm; said to be reachable through meditation.

Names:
Tuṣita (Buddhist legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Tusita (Buddhist legendary place) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist legendary places> (P)
............Tuṣita (Buddhist legendary place) (I)
Related Iconography:
location of .... Maitreya
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Maitreya (Buddhist bodhisattva)) [901000405]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... heaven
.....(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:
Tuṣita (Buddhist legendary place)
................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013) 930
Tusita (Buddhist legendary place)
................BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013) 930
................ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)

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