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ID: 901001374
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001374
Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

Six Paths of Rebirth (Buddhist theme)

Note: Buddhist cycle of death and rebirth stemming from Hindu philosophies.

Names:
Six Paths of Rebirth (Buddhist theme) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
Six Paths of Reincarnation (Buddhist theme) (English,U,P)
六道輪廻 (Buddhist theme) (Chinese,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
............Six Paths of Rebirth (Buddhist theme) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... theme
.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Buddhism
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Six Paths of Rebirth (Buddhist theme)
................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
Six Paths of Reincarnation (Buddhist theme)
................Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-)
六道輪廻 (Buddhist theme)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Japanese_Buddhism
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
................ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)

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