ID: 901002471 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002471	Record Type: Character/Person

	Śaṅkhapuruṣa (Hindu character)

Note: Anthropomorphic or personified form of Visnu’s conch.

Names:

	Śaṅkhapuruṣa (Hindu character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Śaṅkhapuruṣa (Hindu character) (Sanskrit (transliterated)-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Related Iconography:

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

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... personification
	.....(artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

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

Sources:

	Śaṅkhapuruṣa (Hindu character)
	................AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	................EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	................ EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)