ID: 901001969 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001969	Record Type: Named Legendary Animal

	Kanthaka (Buddhist legendary horse)

Note: Favorite white horse of Prince Siddhārtha.

Names:

	Kanthaka (Buddhist legendary horse) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist characters> (P)
		............Kanthaka (Buddhist legendary horse) (I)

Related Iconography:

	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]

	associated with .... 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)

	role/characteristic is .... horse (species)
	.....(Equus (genus), Equidae (family), Perissodactyla (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

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

Sources:

	Kanthaka (Buddhist legendary horse)
	................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
	................ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=182309&partId=1&searchText=Kanthaka&page=1