ID: 901002446 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002446	Record Type: Character/Person

	Apasmārapuruṣa (Hindu character)

Note: Dwarf demon who represents spiritual ignorance and nonsensical speech.

Names:

	Apasmārapuruṣa (Hindu character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Muyalaka (Hindu character) (English,U)
	Muyalakan (Hindu character) (English,U)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Hindu iconography> (P)
		........<Hindu characters> (P)
		............Apasmārapuruṣa (Hindu character) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... demon
	.....(spirits (beings), people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	is personification of .... ignorance
	.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Apasmārapuruṣa (Hindu character)
	................Encyclopedia of Indian Temple Architecture (EITA) (1986-)
	................EITA Glossary: South India (1983-)
	................AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	................AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
	Muyalaka (Hindu character)
	................Stutley, Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography (1985)
	Muyalakan (Hindu character)
	................Stutley, Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography (1985)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Stutley, Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography (1985)
	................ AIIS, CAA database (2000-)