ID: 901001290 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001290	Record Type: Character/Person

	Trimurti (Hindu divine triad)

Note: In Hinduism, Triad of Hindu gods, Brahma/Surya, Siva, Visnu, collapsed into a into a single form with three faces.. The concept was known at least by the time of Kalidasa’s poem Kumarasambhava (“Birth of the War God”; ca. 4th/5th century CE).

Display Date: by ca. 4th/5th century CE

Names:

	Trimurti (Hindu divine triad) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Trimūrti (Hindu divine triad) (English,U,N)
	त्रिमूर्तिः (Hindu divine triad) (Sanskrit,U,N)
	Tripuruṣa (Hindu divine triad) (English,U)
	Tripuruṣa (Hindu divine triad) (Sanskrit (transliterated),U)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Hindu iconography> (P)
		........<Hindu characters> (P)
		............Trimurti (Hindu divine triad) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Brahma
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Brahma (Hindu deity)) [901000856]

	associated with .... Vishnu
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Vishnu (Hindu deity)) [901000395]

	associated with .... Shiva
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Shiva (Hindu deity)) [901000021]

Other Relationships:

	meaning/usage overlaps with .... trimūrti
	.....(Hindu doctrinal concepts, doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

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

Sources:

	Trimurti (Hindu divine triad)
	................Kapoor, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Hinduism (2000)
	Trimūrti (Hindu divine triad)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85137548
	त्रिमूर्तिः (Hindu divine triad)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti
	Tripuruṣa (Hindu divine triad)
	................AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	................EITA Glossary: South India (1983-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Trimurti," accessed 22 June 2017
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti#/media/File:Trimurti_ellora.jpg
	................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=266131&partId=1&searchText=Trimurti&images=true&page=1
	................ AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	................ EITA Glossary: South India (1983-)