ID: 901001457 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001457	Record Type: Character/Person

	Amoghapasa (Buddhist character)

Note: "Unfailing lasso"-named manifestation of Avalokiteshvara; in this aspect he is depicted with hands varying in number from 6 to 20. A manifestation of Avalokiteśvara, often depicted holding the attribute given in his name, which means "Unfailing Lasso."

Names:

	Amoghapasa (Buddhist character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Amoghpāśa (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
	Amoghapāśa (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist characters> (P)
		............Amoghapasa (Buddhist character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	manifestation of .... Avalokiteshvara
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Avalokiteshvara (Buddhist bodhisattva)) [901000085]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

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

	symbolic attribute is .... lasso
	.....(animal husbandry equipment, animal equipment, equipment by context, equipment, Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	symbolic attribute is .... pasha (ceremonial weapon)
	.....(ceremonial weapons, weapons, Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Amoghapasa (Buddhist character)
	................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
	Amoghpāśa (Buddhist character)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	Amoghapāśa (Buddhist character)
	................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) 272

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) 272
	................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=247273&partId=1&searchText=Amoghapasa&page=1