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ID: 901001386
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001386
Record Type: Character/Person

Subhūti (Buddhist character)

Note: One of the Ten Great Śrāvakas of Śākyamuni Buddha, and foremost in the understanding of emptiness. Among the Mahāyāna traditions, Subhūti is the disciple with whom the Buddha speaks when imparting the Diamond Sūtra. He is called Rabjor in Tibetan Buddhism.

Names:
Subhūti (Buddhist character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Subhuti (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
须菩提 (Buddhist character) (Chinese,U,N)
Xūpútí (Buddhist character) (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin),U,N)
Rabjor (Buddhist character) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Subhūti (Buddhist character) (I)
Related Iconography:
follower of .... Buddha
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Buddha (primary character of Buddhism)) [901000851]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Buddhism
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Subhūti (Buddhist character)
................British Museum [online] (1999-)
Subhuti (Buddhist character)
................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
................British Museum [online] (1999-)
须菩提 (Buddhist character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhuti
Xūpútí (Buddhist character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhuti
Rabjor (Buddhist character)
................British Museum [online] (1999-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhuti#/media/File:Subhuti_diamond_sutra_detail_retouched.jpeg
................ Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=6783&partId=1&searchText=Subhuti&page=1

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