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ID: 300404703
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300404703

 

Record Type: concept
lokapālas (deities) (deities, people in religion, ... People (hierarchy name))

 

Note: In Hindu and Buddhist mythology, guardians. In Hinduism, guardians of the four cardinal directions. In Buddhism, the four heavenly kings and other protector spirits.
 
Terms:
lokapālas (deities) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
lokapāla (deity) (C,U,English,AD,L,SN)
lokapāla (deity) (Dutch,AD,U,U)
lokapalas (deities) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
t’ien-wang (C,U,Chinese (transliterated),UF,U,U)
lokapāla's (C,U,Dutch,D,L,U)
shi-tennō (C,U,Japanese (transliterated),UF,U,U)
’jig-rtenskyong (C,U,Tibetan (transliterated),UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  H.HG

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Agents Facet
Agents Facet
Hierarchy of People (hierarchy name)
.... People (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of people (agents)
........ people (agents) (G)
Hierarchy of <people by occupation>
............ <people by occupation> (G)
Hierarchy of <people in the humanities>
................ <people in the humanities> (G)
Hierarchy of <people in religion and related occupations>
.................... <people in religion and related occupations> (G)
Hierarchy of people in religion
........................ people in religion (G)
Hierarchy of deities
............................ deities (G)
Hierarchy of lokapālas (deities)
................................ lokapālas (deities) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Beschermers in de hindoeïstische en de boeddhistische mythologie. In het hindoeïsme zijn het beschermers van de vier windrichtingen, in het boeddhisme de vier hemelse koningen en andere beschermende geesten. 

Sources and Contributors:
’jig-rtenskyong............  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
lokapāla (deity)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) 273
lokapālas (deities)............  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Agrawala, Kumbhāṇḍa Figures in Sanchi Sculpture (1987)
...................................  Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
...................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
lokapalas (deities)............  [VP]
...................................  Emoto, Analysis of Pigments for Four Lokapalas (1969)
lokapāla's............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
shi-tennō............  [VP]
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
t’ien-wang............  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Internetbron, AAT-Ned http://www.buddha-dharma.eu/lokapala.html
............  UvA Talen
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
.......... Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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