ID: 901001392 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001392	Record Type: Literature

	Vīmalakirti Sutra (Buddhist sutra)

Note: Mahayana Buddhist sutra instructing on the meaning of nondualism and other topics as taught by Vimalakīrti.

Names:

	Vīmalakirti Sutra (Buddhist sutra) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra (Buddhist sutra) (English,U,P)
	विमलकीर्तिनिर्देशसूत्र (Buddhist sutra) (Sanskrit-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............<Named sutras> (P)
		................Vīmalakirti Sutra (Buddhist sutra) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Vīmalakirti
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Vīmalakirti (Buddhist character)) [901001391]

	is source for .... Vimalakirti and Manjushri
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist narratives, Vimalakirti and Manjushri (Buddhist narrative)) [901001393]

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 .... Buddhism
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Vīmalakirti Sutra (Buddhist sutra)
	................British Museum [online] (1999-)
	Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra (Buddhist sutra)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
	विमलकीर्तिनिर्देशसूत्र (Buddhist sutra)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Dunhuang Research Academy, Mogao Grottoes (2000-)