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ID: 901000386
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000386
Record Type: Named Legendary Animal

Makara (Hindu creature)

Note: Hindu water monster with the body of a crocodile and the head of an elephant.

Names:
Makara (Hindu creature) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
मकर (Hindu creature) (Sanskrit,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Hindu iconography> (P)
........<Hindu characters> (P)
............Makara (Hindu creature) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Varuna
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Varuna (Hindu deity)) [901002119]

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 .... Hinduism
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
takes the form of .... crocodile
.....(Crocodilia (order), Reptilia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
takes the form of .... elephant (animal)
.....(Proboscidea (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Makara (Hindu creature)
................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-247/makara; accessed 4 August 2012
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Central Asian arts," accessed 20 June 2017
................British Museum [online] (1999-)
मकर (Hindu creature)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makara_(Hindu_mythology)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Handbook of Hindu mythology (2003) 294
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Central Asian arts," accessed 20 June 2017
................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=182360&partId=1&searchText=Makara&images=true&page=1

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