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ID: 901001968
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001968
Record Type: Character/Person

Channa (Buddhist character)

Note: Charioteer and companion of Prince Siddhārtha.

Names:
Channa (Buddhist character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Chandaka (Buddhist character) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Channa (Buddhist character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Encounter with Death
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist narratives, Four Encounters (Buddhist narrative), Encounter with Death (Buddhist narrative)) [901001363]
is actor for .... Encounter with Old Age
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist narratives, Four Encounters (Buddhist narrative), Encounter with Old Age (Buddhist narrative)) [901001361]
is actor for .... Encounter with Asceticism
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist narratives, Four Encounters (Buddhist narrative), Encounter with Asceticism (Buddhist narrative)) [901001364]
is actor for .... Four Encounters
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist narratives, Four Encounters (Buddhist narrative)) [901001967]
is actor for .... Sakyamuni's Farewell to Channa and Kanthaka
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist narratives, Life of Sakyamuni Buddha (Buddhist narratives), Sakyamuni's Farewell to Channa and Kanthaka (Buddhist narrative)) [901001365]
companion of .... Buddha
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Buddha (primary character of Buddhism)) [901000851]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Buddhism
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... charioteer
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Channa (Buddhist character)
................Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
Chandaka (Buddhist character)
................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)

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