ID: 901002339 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002339	Record Type: Character/Person

	Dakiniten (Buddhist character)

Note: Buddhist deity based on the Shinto goddess of rice, Inari. Often depicted riding a white fox, considered a messenger of Dakiniten and Inari. Some depictions include snakes entwining around the figure or the fox's paws, to symbolize associations with Uga Benzaiten, a Buddhist and Shinto snake deity.

Names:

	Dakiniten (Buddhist character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Dakiniten zo (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
	茶吉尼天像 (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
	茶吉尼天像 (Buddhist character) (Japanese,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Uga Benzaiten
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Japanese iconography, Japanese characters, Uga Benzaiten (Japanese deity)) [901002337]

	based on .... Inari
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Shinto iconography, Shinto characters, Inari (Shinto character)) [901002341]

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

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

	affiliated/associated with .... foxes (animals)
	.....(Canidae (family), Carnivora (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... rice (seed)
	.....(seed (material), seed and seed components materials, plant material, biological material, materials by origin, materials (substances), Materials (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Dakiniten (Buddhist character)
	................Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) [online] (2000-) "Dakiniten," accessed 7 August 2020, "Dakiniten, the Buddhist Manifestation of the Shinto Deity Inari, late 14th century,"
	................Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002) "Dakiniten," accessed 7 August 2020, "Dakiniten,"
	................Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) "Dakiniten," accessed 7 August 2020, "Dakiniten, the Buddhist Manifestation of the Shinto Deity Inari,"
	Dakiniten zo (Buddhist character)
	................Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) "Dakiniten zo," accessed 7 August 2020, "Dakiniten, the Buddhist Manifestation of the Shinto Deity Inari,"
	茶吉尼天像 (Buddhist character)
	................Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) "茶吉尼天像," accessed 7 August 2020, "Dakiniten, the Buddhist Manifestation of the Shinto Deity Inari,"

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) accessed 7 August 2020, "Dakiniten, the Buddhist Manifestation of the Shinto Deity Inari,"
	................ Source for image https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/collections.lacma.org-images/remote_images/ma-5355-WEB.jpg?Y726se7nxcGPNvw53Fbqx7nZYsSrvQ9N ; accessed 7 August 2020
	................ Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) [online] (2000-) accessed 7 August 2020, "Dakiniten, the Buddhist Manifestation of the Shinto Deity Inari, late 14th century,"
	................ Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002) accessed 7 August 2020, "Dakiniten,"
	................ Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces [online] (2013) accessed 7 August 2020, "Tenkawa Mandara 天河曼陀羅; Benzaiten 弁財天 and other gods,"