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ID: 901001379
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001379
Record Type: Literature

Buddha Names Sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated 520)

Note: Sutra translated into Chinese around 520 by Bodhiruchi; it lists the names of 11,093 Buddhas and bodhisattvas and describes their blessings. This sutra is one of several of similar type.

Display Date: translated 520

Names:
Buddha Names Sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated 520) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
Buddhas' Names Sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated 520) (English,U,P)
仏名経 (Buddhist sutra, translated 520) (Chinese,U,P)
Fo-ming-ching (Buddhist sutra, translated 520) (Chinese (transliterated),U,P)
Butsumyo-e (Buddhist sutra, translated 520) (Japanese (transliterated))

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Named written and performed works> (P)
........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
............<Named sutras> (P)
................Buddha Names Sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated 520) (I)
Other Relationships:
translator is .... Bodhiruchi (Buddhist monk, writer, 6th century CE)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
role/characteristic is .... sutra
.....(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)
topic is .... names
.....(names and related concepts, culture-related concepts, culture and related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Buddha Names Sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated 520)
................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
Buddhas' Names Sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated 520)
................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
仏名経 (Buddhist sutra, translated 520)
................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Fo-ming-ching (Buddhist sutra, translated 520)
................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Butsumyo-e (Buddhist sutra, translated 520)
................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
................ Source for image http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=527005&objectid=6635

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