ID: 901001375 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001375	Record Type: Literature

	Diamond Sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated ca. 400)

Note: “Diamond Cutter Sutra,” brief and very popular Mahayana Buddhist text widely used in East Asia and perhaps the best known of the 18 smaller “Wisdom” texts that together with their commentaries are known as the Prajnaparamita (“Perfection of Wisdom”). It takes the form of a dialogue in the presence of a company of monks and bodhisattvas (“Buddhas-to-be”) between the Buddha as teacher and a disciple as questioner. The Chinese translation appeared ca. 400 CE.

Display Date: translated ca. 400

Names:

	Diamond Sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated ca. 400) (preferred,t,English-P,D,P)
	Vajraccedika-sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated ca. 400) (Sanskrit (transliterated),U,P)
	Jingang jing (Buddhist sutra, translated ca. 400) (Chinese (transliterated),U,P)
	Chin-kang ching (Buddhist sutra, translated ca. 400) (Chinese (transliterated),A,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............<Named sutras> (P)
		................Diamond Sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated ca. 400) (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)

	culture/religion is .... Zen Buddhism
	.....(Japanese Buddhism, Buddhism, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Diamond Sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated ca. 400)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Vajraccedika-sutra (Buddhist sutra, translated ca. 400)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Jingang jing (Buddhist sutra, translated ca. 400)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Chin-kang ching (Buddhist sutra, translated ca. 400)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Sutra#/media/File:Diamond_sutra.jpg