ID: 901001377 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001377	Record Type: Literature

	Uṣnīṣavijaya Dhāraṇī Sutra (Buddhist incantation)

Note: A Mahayana sutra from India, incanted to help sentient beings in a troubled and tumultuous world. Was translated 8 times from Sanskrit to Chinese between 679-988 CE; gained wide circulation in China since the Tang dynasty, spread to the rest of East Asia. Associated with Mount Wutai, which in the Chinese Buddhist tradition is considered the bodhimaṇḍa of Mañjuśrī. Sacred stone tablets with the Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya dhāraṇī carved into them have been distributed widely in some regions of the Far East.

Names:

	Uṣnīṣavijaya Dhāraṇī Sutra (Buddhist incantation) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Uṣnīṣavijaya Dhāraṇī Sutra (Buddhist incantation) (Sanskrit (transliterated)-P,D,P)
	Sarvadurgatipariśodhana Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī sūtra (Buddhist incantation) (Sanskrit (transliterated),U,P)
	佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經 (Buddhist incantation) (Chinese,U,P)
	Butchō Sonshō Darani Kyō (Buddhist incantation) (Japanese (transliterated),U,P)
	Phật Đỉnh Tôn Thắng Đà la ni (Buddhist incantation) (Vietnamese,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............<Named sutras> (P)
		................Uṣnīṣavijaya Dhāraṇī Sutra (Buddhist incantation) (I)

Other Relationships:

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

	associated with .... Wutai Mountain
	.....(Shanxi, China, Asia) (TGN)

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

Sources:

	Uṣnīṣavijaya Dhāraṇī Sutra (Buddhist incantation)
	................British Museum [online] (1999-)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	Sarvadurgatipariśodhana Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī sūtra (Buddhist incantation)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
	佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經 (Buddhist incantation)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
	Butchō Sonshō Darani Kyō (Buddhist incantation)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
	Phật Đỉnh Tôn Thắng Đà la ni (Buddhist incantation)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Dunhuang Research Academy, Mogao Grottoes (2000-)