ID: 901002483 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002483	Record Type: Character/Person

	Ravi (Vedic deity)

Note: Version of Surya, Ravi presides over "Ravi-var" or Sunday. In the pantheon of Vedic Hinduism, a son of Kaśyapa by his wife Aditi.

Names:

	Ravi (Vedic deity) (preferred,English,U)
	Surya (Vedic deity) (English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Hindu iconography> (P)
		........<Hindu characters> (P)
		............Dvādaśādityas (Hindu deities) (P)
		................Ravi (Vedic deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	representation of .... Surya
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Surya (Hindu deity)) [901000883]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... sun god
	.....(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)

	deity of .... Sun
	.....(Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy) (TGN)

Sources:

	Ravi (Vedic deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Surya (Vedic deity)
	................AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)