ID: 901000898 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000898	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Story of Padmasambhava (Buddhist legends)

Note: Legends surrounding Padmasambhava, the Indian Buddhist mystic who introduced Tantric Buddhism to Tibet and who is credited with establishing the first Buddhist monastery there.

Display Date: 8th century

Names:

	Story of Padmasambhava (Buddhist legends) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Story of Guru Rimpoche (Buddhist legends) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist narratives> (P)
		............Story of Padmasambhava (Buddhist legends) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legend (literary genre)
	.....(folk tales, 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)

	role/characteristic is .... narratives (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... Padmasambhava (Indian Buddhist mystic, ca. 717- ca. 762 )
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	located in .... Tibet
	.....(China, Asia) (TGN)

Sources:

	Story of Padmasambhava (Buddhist legends)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
	Story of Guru Rimpoche (Buddhist legends)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Ling, Dictionary of Buddhism (1972)
	................ Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)