ID: 901002247 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002247	Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

	Horns of Buddha (Buddhist theme)

Note: According to tradition in the Jatakas, Gautama Buddha had bassed through 550 existences, and in his last incarnation appeared as the savior, with horns from a previous incarnation as a bull.

Names:

	Horns of Buddha (Buddhist theme) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
		............Horns of Buddha (Buddhist theme) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Buddha
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Buddha (primary character of Buddhism)) [901000851]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... theme
	.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... horn (animal material)
	.....(keratinous material, animal material, biological material, materials by origin, materials (substances), Materials (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Horns of Buddha (Buddhist theme)
	................Casanowicz, Buddhist Art in US National Museum (1921)