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| ID: 901000386 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000386 | Record Type: Named Legendary Animal | 
|  | Makara (Hindu creature) | |
| Note: Hindu water monster with the body of a crocodile and the head of an elephant. | |
|  | Makara (Hindu creature) (preferred,English-P,D,N) | 
|  | मकर (Hindu creature) (Sanskrit,U,N) | 
|  |  | Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | 
|  |  | ....<Hindu iconography> (P) | 
|  |  | ........<Hindu characters> (P) | 
|  |  | ............Makara (Hindu creature) (I) | 
| associated with .... Varuna | |
| ..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Varuna (Hindu deity)) [901002119] | 
| role/characteristic is .... deity | |
| .....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, 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 .... crocodile | |
| .....(Crocodilia (order), Reptilia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT) | 
| takes the form of .... elephant (animal) | |
| .....(Proboscidea (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT) | 
|  | Makara (Hindu creature) | 
|  | ................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-247/makara; accessed 4 August 2012 | 
|  | ................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Central Asian arts," accessed 20 June 2017 | 
|  | ................British Museum [online] (1999-) | 
|  | मकर (Hindu creature) | 
|  | ................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makara_(Hindu_mythology) | 
|  | ................ Handbook of Hindu mythology (2003) 294 | 
|  | ................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Central Asian arts," accessed 20 June 2017 | 
|  | ................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=182360&partId=1&searchText=Makara&images=true&page=1 | 
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