ID: 901001898 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001898	Record Type: Character/Person

	Nandi (Hindu character)

Note: Bull mount (vahana) of the Hindu god Shiva; identified as the god’s vehicle since the Kushan dynasty (ca. 1st century CE). Most Shaivite temples have a vrsa, the figure of a humped white bull reclining on a raised platform and facing the entrance door of the shrine so that he may perpetually gaze on the god. Nandi is one of Shiva’s chief attendants and occasionally is depicted in sculpture as a bull-headed dwarf figure.

Display Date: ca. 1st century CE

Names:

	Nandi (Hindu character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Nandī (Hindu character) (English)
	Nandī (Hindu character) (Sanskrit (transliterated))
	Nandin (Hindu character) (English)
	नन्दि (Hindu character) (Sanskrit,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Hindu iconography> (P)
		........<Hindu characters> (P)
		............Nandi (Hindu character) (I)

Related Iconography:

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

	represented as .... Nandishvara
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu allegory, symbolism, theme, Nandishvara (Hindu theme)) [901000394]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legendary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

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

	takes the form of .... bull (animal)
	.....(mammals by sex or age, Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Nandi (Hindu character)
	................Freer Gallery and Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian [online] (2003-)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Nandi," accessed 22 June 2017
	................AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	................EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
	Nandī (Hindu character)
	................AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	Nandin (Hindu character)
	................AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	नन्दि (Hindu character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandi_(bull)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Nandi," accessed 22 June 2017
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39606
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandi_(bull)#/media/File:Nandibull.jpg
	................ AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	................ EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)