ID: 901002464 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002464	Record Type: Character/Person

	Nāgarāja (Hindu-Buddhist-Jain characters)

Note: In Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mythology, anthropomorphic cobra-kings; they are the kings of the various races of Nāga, divine or semi-divine half-human half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala) and can occasionally take human form.

Names:

	Nāgarāja (Hindu-Buddhist-Jain characters) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Nāgarāja (Hindu-Buddhist-Jain characters) (Sanskrit (transliterated)-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Hindu iconography> (P)
		........<Hindu characters> (P)
		............Nāgarāja (Hindu-Buddhist-Jain characters) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... kings (people)
	.....(monarchs, rulers (people), people in administration and government, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... cobras (serpents)
	.....(Elapidae (family), Serpentes (suborder), Squamata (order), Reptilia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

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

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

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

Sources:

	Nāgarāja (Hindu-Buddhist-Jain characters)
	................AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	................EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	................ EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)