ID: 901000390 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000390	Record Type: Character/Person

	Vajrasattva (Buddhist character)

Note: A bodhisattva in the Mahayana, Mantrayana/Vajrayana Buddhist traditions.

Names:

	Vajrasattva (Buddhist character) (preferred,Dutch-P,D,N)
	Bodhisattva Vajrasattva (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
	वज्रसत्त्व (Buddhist character) (Sanskrit,U,N)
	རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ། (Buddhist character) (Tibetan,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist characters> (P)
		............Vajrasattva (Buddhist character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	has as manifestation .... Vajrakilaya
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Vajrakilaya (Buddhist deity)) [901002288]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... bodhisattva
	.....(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 .... Mahayana Buddhism
	.....(Buddhism, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	symbolic attribute is .... vajra
	.....(ceremonial weapons, weapons, Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Vajrasattva (Buddhist character)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-314/bronzen-bel; accessed 5 September 2012
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85141806
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Abhisheka," accessed May 7, 2017
	Bodhisattva Vajrasattva (Buddhist character)
	................British Museum [online] (1999-)
	वज्रसत्त्व (Buddhist character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrasattva
	རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ། (Buddhist character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrasattva

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrasattva#/media/File:Vajrasattva_Tibet.jpg
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85141806
	................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=248569&partId=1&searchText=Vajrasattva&page=1