ID: 901001284 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001284	Record Type: Legendary Place

	Akaniṣṭa (Buddhist legendary place)

Note: In Buddhism, the highest heaven.

Names:

	Akaniṣṭa (Buddhist legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist legendary places> (P)
		............Akaniṣṭa (Buddhist legendary place) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... pure lands
	.....(Buddhist doctrinal concepts, doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, 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 .... heaven
	.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Akaniṣṭa (Buddhist legendary place)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	................Larmer, Caves of Faith (2010)
	................Tanaka, Dawn of Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Doctrine (1990)
	................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
	................Chappell, Chinese Buddhist Interpretations of the Pure Lands (1978)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Tanaka, Dawn of Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Doctrine (1990)
	................ Chappell, Chinese Buddhist Interpretations of the Pure Lands (1978)
	................ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	................ Larmer, Caves of Faith (2010)