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ID: 901002496
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002496
Record Type: Character/Person

Gaṇanāyaka (Hindu character)

Note: Leader of the ganas, who are a group of deities, troops who generally appear in classes.

Names:
Gaṇanāyaka (Hindu character) (preferred,Sanskrit (transliterated)-P,D,N)
Gaṇanāyaka (Hindu character) (English-P,D,N)
Gananayaka (Hindu character) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Hindu iconography> (P)
........<Hindu characters> (P)
............Gaṇanāyaka (Hindu character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... leader (person)
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... ganas (spirits)
.....(spirits (beings), people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Gaṇanāyaka (Hindu character)
................EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
................AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
Gananayaka (Hindu character)
................Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Iconography Record Sources:
................ AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
................ EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)

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