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ID: 901002248
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002248
Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

Buddha's footprint (Buddhist theme)

Note: Theme of the footprint said to be cast from the original footprint of the Buddha at Buddhagaya, India. Sites of pilgrimage by devout Buddhists.

Names:
Buddha's footprint (Buddhist theme) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
............Buddha's footprint (Buddhist theme) (I)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Buddha
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Buddha (primary character of Buddhism)) [901000851]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... theme
.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... footprint (foot impression)
.....(conditions and effects by origin, conditions and effects by specific type, Conditions and Effects (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Buddha's footprint (Buddhist theme)
................Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)
Buddhapada (Buddhist theme)
................Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_footprint#/media/File:Buddha-Footprint.jpeg

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