ID: 901002495 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002495	Record Type: Named Legendary Thing

	Gajā (Hindu theme)

Note: Theme of the elephant Gajā also called Dantī, the seventh of eight yoni (womb), according to the Mānasāra. Yoni is the fourth of the āyādiṣaḍvarga, or "six principles" that constitute the "horoscope" of an architectural or iconographic object.

Names:

	Gajā (Hindu theme) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Gaja (Hindu theme) (Sanskrit (transliterated),U)
	Gaja (Hindu theme) (English,U)
	गजा (Hindu theme) (Sanskrit,D)
	Dantī (Hindu theme) (English,U)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Hindu iconography> (P)
		........<Hindu allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
		............Gajā (Hindu theme) (I)

Other Relationships:

	takes the form of .... gada (weapon)
	.....(ceremonial maces, ceremonial weapons, weapons, Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Gajā (Hindu theme)
	................AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
	Gaja (Hindu theme)
	................EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
	................AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
	गजा (Hindu theme)
	................Wikipedia (2000-)
	Dantī (Hindu theme)
	................AIIS, CAA database (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
	................ AIIS, CAA database (2000-)