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ID: 901000887
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000887
Record Type: Named Legendary Animal

Sugriva (Hindu character)

Note: King of the monkeys in the Ramayana.

Names:
Sugriva (Hindu character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Sugrīva (Hindu character) (English,U,N)
Surgreeva (Hindu character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Hindu iconography> (P)
........<Hindu characters> (P)
............Sugriva (Hindu character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Ramayana
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Poetry, Ramayana (epic poem, Sanskrit, 300 BCE or later)) [901000896]
child of .... Surya
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Surya (Hindu deity)) [901000883]

Other Relationships:
culture/religion is .... Hinduism
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
takes the form of .... monkey (animal)
.....(Primates (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Sugriva (Hindu character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Sugrīva (Hindu character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Surgreeva (Hindu character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Surya," accessed 22 June 2017
................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugriva#/media/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Rama_and_Lakshmana_Confer_with_Sugriva_about_the_Search_for_Sita_Page_from_a_Dispersed_Ramayana_Series.jpg
................ Brooklyn Museum [online] (2009-)
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugriva#/media/File:Rama_Meets_Sugreeva.jpg
................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3082100&partId=1&searchText=Sugriva&images=true&page=1

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