ID: 901002265 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002265	Record Type: Character/Person

	Vāgīśvara (Buddhist deity)

Note: Tutelary deity of Nepalese Buddhists; one Sadhana describes him as having red complexion, wearing princely ornament, seated on a lion.

Names:

	Vāgīśvara (Buddhist deity) (preferred,English)
	Vagisvara (Buddhist deity) (English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

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

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

	culture/religion is .... Nepalese (culture or style)
	.....(Himalayan, South Asian, Asian, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Vāgīśvara (Buddhist deity)
	................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)
	Vagisvara (Buddhist deity)
	................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)