ID: 901001440 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001440	Record Type: Character/Person

	Amitābha (Mahayana deity)

Note: The Buddha of Infinite Light; a key Mahayana deity who resides in the Western Pure Land, Sukhāvatī, where devotees sought rebirth. Closely related to Amitāyus, the Buddha of Infinite Life Span.

Names:

	Amitābha (Mahayana deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Amida (Mahayana deity) (English,U,N)
	Amida Nyorai (Mahayana deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Boeddha Amitabha (Mahayana deity) (Dutch,U,N)
	Amitabha Buddha (Mahayana deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Buddha Amitabha (Mahayana deity) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist characters> (P)
		............Amitābha (Mahayana deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Amitāyus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Amitāyus (Buddhist character)) [901001330]

Other Relationships:

	culture/religion is .... Mahayana
	.....(Buddhism, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Amitābha (Mahayana deity)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	Amida (Mahayana deity)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	Amida Nyorai (Mahayana deity)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
	Boeddha Amitabha (Mahayana deity)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
	Amitabha Buddha (Mahayana deity)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
	Buddha Amitabha (Mahayana deity)
	................Dunhuang Research Academy, Mogao Grottoes (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) 272
	................ Source for image http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/40282?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=buddha+amitabha&pos=2