ID: 901002241 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002241	Record Type: Character/Person

	Dhyānī Buddhas (Buddhist characters)

Note: Emanations and representations of the five qualities of the "first Buddha" or Adi-Buddha.

Names:

	Dhyānī Buddhas (Buddhist characters) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Buddhas, Dhyānī (Buddhist characters) (English)
	Five Tathāgatas (Buddhist characters) (English)
	五智如来 (Buddhist characters) (Chinese)
	Wǔzhì Rúlái (Buddhist characters) (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin))

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist characters> (P)
		............Dhyānī Buddhas (Buddhist characters) (I)

Other Relationships:

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

Sources:

	Dhyānī Buddhas (Buddhist characters)
	................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)
	................Ling, Dictionary of Buddhism (1972)
	................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
	Buddhas, Dhyānī (Buddhist characters)
	................Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	Five Tathāgatas (Buddhist characters)
	................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
	五智如来 (Buddhist characters)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Tathagatas
	Wǔzhì Rúlái (Buddhist characters)
	................Wikipedia (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/%27The_Dhyani_Buddha_Akshobhya%27%2C_Tibetan_thangka%2C_late_13th_century%2C_Honolulu_Academy_of_Arts.jpg