ID: 901001398 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001398	Record Type: Literature

	Sutra of Golden Light (Buddhist sutra)

Note: Buddhist text of the Mahayana Buddhism. Originally written in India in Sanskrit and was translated several times into Chinese by Dharmakṣema and others, and later translated into Tibetan and other languages. The tableau promotes Buddhist kingship and is one of the more uncommon subjects in Dunhuang art, demonstrate how one portion of a large wall painting composition was conceptualized through a combination of abbreviated drawing and textual notation. As in other related sketches, groups of men and women in royal attire are portrayed in deliberate, regular lines. Palms piously joined together, their gradual height increase, apparently from kneeling to standing, produces the sense of a dense but ordered assembly. As in many Dunhuang sketches, details such as fingers and facial features are omitted, indicating further that this was produced for the purpose of planning a large section of a wall painting.

Names:

	Sutra of Golden Light (Buddhist sutra) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Golden Light Sutra (Buddhist sutra) (t,English,U,P)
	Jinguangming zuishengwang jing (Buddhist sutra) (Chinese (transliterated)-P,D,P)
	Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra (Buddhist sutra) (English,U,P)
	सुवर्णप्रभासोत्तमसूत्रेन्द्रराज (Buddhist sutra) (Sanskrit-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............<Named sutras> (P)
		................Sutra of Golden Light (Buddhist sutra) (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)

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

Sources:

	Sutra of Golden Light (Buddhist sutra)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	Golden Light Sutra (Buddhist sutra)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	Jinguangming zuishengwang jing (Buddhist sutra)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra (Buddhist sutra)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
	सुवर्णप्रभासोत्तमसूत्रेन्द्रराज (Buddhist sutra)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Light_Sutra#/media/File:Chrysographic_Tangut_Golden_Light_Sutra.jpg