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ID: 901002555
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002555
Record Type: Named Legendary Thing

Parijata Tree (Hindu legendary tree)

Note: Celestial tree that bore beautiful white flowers having a divine fragrance. The tree was located in Indra’s heavenly abode, but Indra and Krishna fought for its possession.

Names:
Parijata Tree (Hindu legendary tree) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Hindu iconography> (P)
........<Hindu allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
............Parijata Tree (Hindu legendary tree) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Krishna Uprooting the Parijata Tree
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu narratives, Krishna Uprooting the Parijata Tree (Hindu narrative)) [901002554]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
takes the form of .... African baobab (species)
.....(Adansonia (genus), Malvaceae (family), Malvales (order), Rosanae (superorder), Magnoliopsida (class), Angiospermae (division), Plantae (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Parijata Tree (Hindu legendary tree)
................Getty Museum, Pathways to Paradise: Medieval India and Europe (2018)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Getty Museum, Pathways to Paradise: Medieval India and Europe (2018)

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