ID: 901000869 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000869	Record Type: Character/Person

	Shyama Tara (Buddhist theme)

Note: Tara, green in color, as a metaphor of enlightened activity; known as the Buddha of enlightened activity.

Names:

	Shyama Tara (Buddhist theme) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Syamatara (Buddhist theme) (English,U,N)
	Green Tārā (Buddhist theme) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
		............Shyama Tara (Buddhist theme) (I)

Related Iconography:

	representation of .... Tara
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Tara (Hindu-Buddhist deity)) [901001903]

Other Relationships:

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

	role/characteristic is .... representation (form of expression)
	.....(forms of expression for visual arts, forms of expression (artistic concept), artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	is personification of .... enlightenment (religious concept)
	.....(religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Shyama Tara (Buddhist theme)
	................Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988)
	................Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002)
	Syamatara (Buddhist theme)
	................Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
	Green Tārā (Buddhist theme)
	................New World Encyclopedia [online] (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
	................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=250362&partId=1&searchText=Syamatara&page=1