ID: 901002240 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002240	Record Type: Character/Person

	Hārītī (Buddhist deity)

Note: Buddhist deity and demon. Protector of children, childbirth, and child rearing, tormentor of bad parents and children misbehaving.

Names:

	Hārītī (Buddhist deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	鬼子母(神) (Buddhist deity) (Chinese)
	Kishimojin (Buddhist deity) (Japanese (transliterated)-P)
	鬼子母神 (Buddhist deity) (Japanese)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist characters> (P)
		............Hārītī (Buddhist deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	culture/religion is .... Buddhist
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	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)

Sources:

	Hārītī (Buddhist deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2017102475
	................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)
	鬼子母(神) (Buddhist deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariti
	Kishimojin (Buddhist deity)
	................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	鬼子母神 (Buddhist deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariti#/media/File:Kamakura_Kishimojin.jpg