ID: 901001395 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001395	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Contest between Sariputra and Raudraksa (Buddhist narrative)

Note: Contest of supernatural powers between Sariputra and Raudraksa. Story appears in numerous Dunhuang manuscripts and canonical sutras; it narrates the founding of the famous monastery garden of Jetavana and the triumph of Buddhism over Brahmanic religions in a battle of supernormal conjuration. Sudatta, a wealthy Buddhist layman. of Śrāvastī (in present-day northern India), convinces Prince Jeta to sell him land for the garden’s construction, inspiring the prince with his magnanimity and devotion. Learning this, a group of waidao, or heretics, in the polemical Buddhist terminology, persuade the king to preside over a face-off between Raudrāks. a, the heretics’ leader, and Śāriputra, one of the Buddha’s chief disciples.

Names:

	Contest between Sariputra and Raudraksa (Buddhist narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Magic Competition (Buddhist narrative) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist narratives> (P)
		............Contest between Sariputra and Raudraksa (Buddhist narrative) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Raudrakṣa
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Raudrakṣa (Buddhist character)) [901001396]

Other Relationships:

	actor is .... Sāriputta (Indian Brahmin, holy man, ca. 568-ca. 484 BCE)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(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)

	topic is .... battle
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Jetavana
	..... ULAN Candidate

Sources:

	Contest between Sariputra and Raudraksa (Buddhist narrative)
	................British Museum [online] (1999-)
	Magic Competition (Buddhist narrative)
	................British Museum [online] (1999-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	................ British Museum [online] (1999-)