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ID: 901001902 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001902 | Record Type: Character/Person |
Varaha (Hindu deity) | ||
Note: Third of the 10 incarnations (avatars) of the Hindu god Vishnu. When a demon named Hiranyaksha dragged the earth to the bottom of the sea, Vishnu took the form of a boar in order to rescue it. | |
Varaha (Hindu deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N) | |
Varāha (Hindu deity) (English,U,N) | |
Barāha (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N) | |
वराह (Hindu deity) (Sanskrit,U,N) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Hindu iconography> (P) | ||
........<Hindu characters> (P) | ||
............Varaha (Hindu deity) (I) | ||
consort/spouse of .... Varahi | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Varahi (Hindu deity)) [901000866] |
incarnation of .... Vishnu | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Vishnu (Hindu deity)) [901000395] |
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 .... boar (species) | |
.....(Sus (genus), Suidae (family), Artiodactyla (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
Varaha (Hindu deity) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
Varāha (Hindu deity) | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 87001616 | |
Barāha (Hindu deity) | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) | |
वराह (Hindu deity) | |
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varaha | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Varaha" and in "Saptamatrika," accessed 22 June 2017 | |
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 87001616 | |
................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=182715&partId=1&searchText=Varaha&images=true&page=1 | |
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