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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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