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ID: 901002481
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002481
Record Type: Character/Person

Dvādaśādityas (Hindu deities)

Note: In Hindu mythology, the twelve sons born to Kaśyapa by his wife Aditi; in each month of the year, a different Aditya shines.

Names:
Dvādaśādityas (Hindu deities) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Dvādaśādityas (Hindu deities) (Sanskrit (transliterated)-P,D,A)
Dvadasadityas (Hindu deities) (English,U)
Twelve Ādityas (Hindu deities) (English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Hindu iconography> (P)
........<Hindu characters> (P)
............Dvādaśādityas (Hindu deities) (P)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... sun gods
.....(planetary gods, deities, 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 .... Sun
.....(Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy) (TGN)

Sources:
Dvādaśādityas (Hindu deities)
................EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
................AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
Dvadasadityas (Hindu deities)
................Britannica Academic (2018-)
Twelve Ādityas (Hindu deities)
................Britannica Academic (2018-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
................ EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)

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