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ID: 901002280
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002280
Record Type: Character/Person

Lokeshvara (Buddhist deity)

Note: Form of Avalokiteshvara, male, “Lord of the World."

Names:
Lokeshvara (Buddhist deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Lokesvara (Buddhist deity) (English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Lokeshvara (Buddhist deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Avalokiteshvara
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Avalokiteshvara (Buddhist bodhisattva)) [901000085]

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

Sources:
Lokeshvara (Buddhist deity)
................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)
Lokesvara (Buddhist deity)
................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)

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