ID: 901001357 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001357	Record Type: Literature

	Lankavatara Sutra (Buddhist sutra)

Note: A sutra of Mahāyāna Buddhism, recounting teaching between the Buddha and Mahāmati bodhisattva. The location is in Lanka, thus the title means "Descent into Laṅkā scripture."

Names:

	Lankavatara Sutra (Buddhist sutra) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Buddhist sutra) (English,U,N)
	लंकावतारसूत्र (Buddhist sutra) (Sanskrit,U,P)
	楞伽經 (Buddhist sutra) (Chinese (traditional),U,P)
	Léngqié Jīng (Buddhist sutra) (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin),U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............<Named sutras> (P)
		................Lankavatara Sutra (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 .... Mahayana Buddhism
	.....(Buddhism, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Lankavatara Sutra (Buddhist sutra)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Buddhist sutra)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	लंकावतारसूत्र (Buddhist sutra)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
	楞伽經 (Buddhist sutra)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
	Léngqié Jīng (Buddhist sutra)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)