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ID: 901002473
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002473
Record Type: Character/Person

Triśūlapuruṣa (Hindu-Buddhist character)

Note: Anthropomorphic or personmified form of Siva's trisula or trident.

Names:
Triśūlapuruṣa (Hindu-Buddhist character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Triśūlapuruṣa (Hindu-Buddhist character) (Sanskrit (transliterated)-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Hindu iconography> (P)
........<Hindu characters> (P)
............Triśūlapuruṣa (Hindu-Buddhist character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... personification
.....(artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
is personification of .... trident
.....(spears by form, spears (weapons), staff weapons, edged weapons, weapons, Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Triśūlapuruṣa (Hindu-Buddhist character)
................AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
................EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
................ EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)

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