ID: 901002121 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002121	Record Type: Character/Person

	Rudra (Hindu deity)

Note: Minor Vedic god and manifestation of Shiva, who is a major god of later Hinduism. Shiva is considered to have evolved from Rudra, and the two share a fierce, unpredictable, destructive nature.

Names:

	Rudra (Hindu deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	रुद्र (Hindu deity) (Sanskrit-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Hindu iconography> (P)
		........<Hindu characters> (P)
		............Rudra (Hindu deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Ēkādaśa-Rudras
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Ēkādaśa-Rudras (Vedic deities)) [901002494]

	manifestation of .... Shiva
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Shiva (Hindu deity)) [901000021]

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)

Sources:

	Rudra (Hindu deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85115718
	................Burnett, Hindu Gods and Heroes (1922)
	रुद्र (Hindu deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudra

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Burnett, Hindu Gods and Heroes (1922)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudra#/media/File:Rudra.gif