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ID: 901001391
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001391
Record Type: Character/Person

Vīmalakirti (Buddhist character)

Note: Central character in the Vimalakirti Sutra, in which he is the ideal Mahayana Buddhist upāsaka ("lay practitioner") and a contemporary of Gautama Buddha.

Names:
Vīmalakirti (Buddhist character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Vimalakirti (Buddhist character) (English)
विमल (Buddhist character) (Sanskrit,U,N)
維摩詰經變 (Buddhist character) (Chinese,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Vīmalakirti (Buddhist character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Vīmalakirti Sutra
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named sutras, Vīmalakirti Sutra (Buddhist sutra)) [901001392]
is actor for .... Vimalakirti and Manjushri
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist narratives, Vimalakirti and Manjushri (Buddhist narrative)) [901001393]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... disciple
.....(people by ideology, philosophy, or political activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... Gautama Buddha (Asian philosopher, founder of Buddhism, ca. 560-ca. 480 BCE)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:
Vīmalakirti (Buddhist character)
................British Museum [online] (1999-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85143376
Vimalakirti (Buddhist character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=6580&partId=1&searchText=Vimalakirti&page=1
विमल (Buddhist character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimalakirti
維摩詰經變 (Buddhist character)
................British Museum [online] (1999-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=785333&partId=1&searchText=Vimalakirti&page=1

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