ID: 901001970 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001970	Record Type: Legendary Place

	Ketumati (Buddhist legendary place)

Note: The earthly paradise of Maitreya, the future Buddha. Some identify it as Vārānasi, Uttar Pradesh. Theologically Maitreya's paradise is an important transitional step between the paradises of Amitabha the two Vehicles. This paradise includes idyllic conditions of daily life during the coming of this “future buddha.” Given that images dedicated to Maitreya are more common prior to the 6th century than those devoted to Amitabha, the wish to be reborn in Maitreya's paradise was obviously widespread during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Names:

	Ketumati (Buddhist legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Maitreya's Paradise (Buddhist legendary place) (English,U,N)
	Maitreya Paradise (Buddhist legendary place) (English,U,N)
	Paradise of Maitreya (Buddhist legendary place) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Maitreya
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Maitreya (Buddhist bodhisattva)) [901000405]

Other Relationships:

	identified as .... Vārānasi
	.....(Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia) (TGN)

	role/characteristic is .... paradise (doctrinal concept)
	.....(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)

Sources:

	Ketumati (Buddhist legendary place)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	Maitreya's Paradise (Buddhist legendary place)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	Maitreya Paradise (Buddhist legendary place)
	................Seiwert, Popular Religious Movements in Chinese History (2003)
	Paradise of Maitreya (Buddhist legendary place)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Krishan, Buddha Image: Origin and Development (1996) Appendix 3 "Does the Maitreya cult of Kushanshahr represent a Mahāyāna Paradise?"
	................ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)