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ID: 901001395 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001395 | Record Type: Event/Narrative |
Contest between Sariputra and Raudraksa (Buddhist narrative) | ||
Note: Contest of supernatural powers between Sariputra and Raudraksa. Story appears in numerous Dunhuang manuscripts and canonical sutras; it narrates the founding of the famous monastery garden of Jetavana and the triumph of Buddhism over Brahmanic religions in a battle of supernormal conjuration. Sudatta, a wealthy Buddhist layman. of Śrāvastī (in present-day northern India), convinces Prince Jeta to sell him land for the garden’s construction, inspiring the prince with his magnanimity and devotion. Learning this, a group of waidao, or heretics, in the polemical Buddhist terminology, persuade the king to preside over a face-off between Raudrāks. a, the heretics’ leader, and Śāriputra, one of the Buddha’s chief disciples. | |
Contest between Sariputra and Raudraksa (Buddhist narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P) | |
Magic Competition (Buddhist narrative) (English,U,N) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Buddhist iconography> (P) | ||
........<Buddhist narratives> (P) | ||
............Contest between Sariputra and Raudraksa (Buddhist narrative) (I) | ||
actor is .... Raudrakṣa | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Raudrakṣa (Buddhist character)) [901001396] |
actor is .... Sāriputta (Indian Brahmin, holy man, ca. 568-ca. 484 BCE) | |
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN) |
role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works) | |
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, 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) |
topic is .... battle | |
.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
located in .... Jetavana | |
.....(Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia) (TGN) |
Contest between Sariputra and Raudraksa (Buddhist narrative) | |
................British Museum [online] (1999-) | |
Magic Competition (Buddhist narrative) | |
................British Museum [online] (1999-) | |
................ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) | |
................ British Museum [online] (1999-) | |
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