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ID: 300386146
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300386146

 

Record Type: concept
cakras (weapons) (edged weapons, weapons, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Weapons comprising thin, razor-edged rings of flat steel; as traditionally used by Sikhs. Primarily used as a throwing weapon, but can also be used hand-to-hand. For symbols of the wheel of the law or the symbol of dharma, see "chakras (motifs)."
 
Terms:
cakras (weapons) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
cakra (weapon) (C,U,English,AD,U,U)
chakars (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
chakra (weapon) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
chakra (weapon) (Dutch,AD,U,U)
chakram (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
chakrah (weapon) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
chakr (weapon) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
chakra's (weapons) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
quoits (cakras) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.VC

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name)
........ Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of weapons
............ weapons (G)
Hierarchy of edged weapons
................ edged weapons (G)
Hierarchy of cakras (weapons)
.................... cakras (weapons) (G)

Additional Parents:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Visual Works (hierarchy name)
........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of visual works (works)
............ visual works (works) (G)
Hierarchy of <visual works by subject type>
................ <visual works by subject type> (G)
Hierarchy of cakras (weapons)
.................... cakras (weapons) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Oorspronkelijk dunne ringen plat staal met vlijmscherpe randen, die als wapen werden gebruikt. Meer in het algemeen wielen, cirkels of schijven die in boeddhistische kunst het wiel van het recht verbeelden en in hindoeïstische kunst een symbool zijn van dharma, de cirkels van het bestaan. 

Related concepts:
have form ....  chakras (motifs)
................  (motifs, design elements (attributes), Design Elements (hierarchy name)) [300449181]
have form ....  quoits (sports equipment)
................  (sports and athletic equipment, recreational artifacts (equipment), ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300211214]

Sources and Contributors:
cakra (weapon)............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
cakras (weapons)............  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Glossary of Indian Art and Archaeology (1995) 22
.............................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 21 May 2013
.............................  Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985) 717
chakars............  [VP]
.................  Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
chakr (weapon)............  [VP]
.............................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
chakra (weapon)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access [online] (2003) accessed 21 May 2013
.............................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 21 May 2013
.............................  UvA Talen
chakrah (weapon)............  [VP]
.............................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 21 May 2013
chakram............  [VP]
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
chakra's (weapons)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  UvA Talen
quoits (cakras)............  [VP]
.............................  Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Glossary of Indian Art and Archaeology (1995) 22
.......... Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985) 717
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 21 May 2013
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen

 

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