ID: 901002284 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002284	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Buddha defeating Māra (Buddhist narrative)

Note: The Buddha defeating temptation, illusion, and death, in the form of the demon Māra. Buddha may be seated in the bhūmisparśa mudrā, or "earth-touching gesture," visually evoking the moment when he calls the earth goddess as witness to his enlightenment, and marking the final defeat of Māra.

Names:

	Buddha defeating Māra (Buddhist narrative) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist narratives> (P)
		............Life of Sakyamuni Buddha (Buddhist narratives) (I)
		................Buddha defeating Māra (Buddhist narrative) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Mara
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Mara (Buddhist demon)) [901002246]

	actor is .... Buddha
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Buddha (primary character of Buddhism)) [901000851]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (artistic device)
	.....(artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... bhūmisparśa mudrā
	.....(mudra, gesture, body position, multidisciplinary concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Buddha defeating Māra (Buddhist narrative)
	................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)