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ID: 300404699
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300404699

 

Record Type: concept
dhāraṇīs (incantations, Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name))

 

Note: In Buddhism and Hinduism, incantations of sacred Sanskrit or pseudo-Sanskrit syllables or phrases that are used as protective devices and to support concentration; they reference short summaries of the essential doctrine contained in a much longer sacred text.
 
Terms:
dhāraṇīs (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
dhāraṇīs (Dutch,D,NT,U)
dhāraṇī (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
dhāraṇī (Dutch,AD,U,U)
dharanis (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
dharani (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.V

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name)
........ Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of incantations
............ incantations (G,U)
Hierarchy of dhāraṇīs
................ dhāraṇīs (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Bezweringen in het boeddhisme en hindoeïsme, in de vorm van heilige lettergrepen of frasen in het Sanskriet of pseudo-Sanskriet. Ze worden gebruikt als bescherming en om te helpen bij concentratie. Ze bevatten korte samenvattingen van essentiële leerstellingen die in een veel langere heilige tekst uiteen worden gezet.  

Related concepts:
distinguished from ....  chants
..................................  (songs (musical compositions), musical compositions, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) [300202525]
distinguished from ....  mantras
..................................  (incantations, Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) [300404700]

Sources and Contributors:
dhāraṇī............  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) 272
.................  Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013) 241
dharani............  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
dharanis............  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.................  Hockfield Malandra, Unfolding a Mandala: Buddhist Cave Temples at Ellora (1993) 88
.................  Maruyama, Sanskrit-Japanese Dictionary of Dharanis (1981) title
.................  Suzuki, Manual of Zen Buddhism (2007) 17
dhāraṇīs............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
.................  Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
.................  Chen, Chinese Buddhist Monastic Chants (2010) 5
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  UvA Talen
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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