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ID: 901002239
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002239
Record Type: Character/Person

Akṣobhya (Buddhist deity)

Note: One of the Five Wisdom Buddhas. His consort is Lochanā; he is accompanied by two elephants. His color is blue-black; his attributes include a sword, bell, staff, lotus, prayer wheel. He has several emanations.

Names:
Akṣobhya (Buddhist deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
अक्षोभ्य (Buddhist deity) (Sanskrit-P)
阿閦如来 (Buddhist deity) (Chinese-P)
阿閦如来 (Buddhist deity) (Japanese-P)
Āchùrúlái (Buddhist deity) (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin)-P)
아촉불 (Buddhist deity) (Korean-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Akṣobhya (Buddhist deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Buddhist
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Akṣobhya (Buddhist deity)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85003077
................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)
अक्षोभ्य (Buddhist deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
阿閦如来 (Buddhist deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshobhya
Āchùrúlái (Buddhist deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
아촉불 (Buddhist deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshobhya#/media/File:'The_Dhyani_Buddha_Akshobhya',_Tibetan_thangka,_late_13th_century,_Honolulu_Academy_of_Arts.jpg

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