ID: 901000387 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000387	Record Type: Character/Person

	Ganesha (Hindu deity)

Note: Elephant-headed Hindu god of beginnings, who is traditionally worshipped before any major enterprise and is the patron of intellectuals, bankers, scribes, and authors. Many different stories are told about the birth of Ganesha, including one in which Parvati makes her son out of a piece of cloth and asks her consort, Shiva, to bring him to life.

Names:

	Ganesha (Hindu deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Ganesh (Hindu deity) (English,U,N)
	Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity) (English,U,N)
	Ganapati (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Ganesa (Hindu deity) (English)
	Gajānana (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Gajavadana (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Gaṇapati (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Heramba (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Karimukha (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Lambodara (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Vighnahari (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Vikn̲ēsvara (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	गणेश (Hindu deity) (Sanskrit,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Hindu iconography> (P)
		........<Hindu characters> (P)
		............Ganesha (Hindu deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	counterpart is .... Gaṇeśa
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Gaṇeśa (Buddhist deity)) [901001896]

	has as aspect .... Vinayaka
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Ganesha (Hindu deity), Vinayaka (Hindu-Buddhist deity)) [901002499]

Other Relationships:

	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)

	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)

Sources:

	Ganesha (Hindu deity)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-251/ganesha; accessed 5 September 2012
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Rijksmuseum XML files (2012) accessed 5 September 2012
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Ganesh (Hindu deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 87003768
	Ganapati (Hindu deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Ganesa (Hindu deity)
	................Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988) 35
	Gajānana (Hindu deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Gajavadana (Hindu deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Gaṇapati (Hindu deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Heramba (Hindu deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Karimukha (Hindu deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Lambodara (Hindu deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Vighnahari (Hindu deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Vikn̲ēsvara (Hindu deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	गणेश (Hindu deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Ganesha," 20 June 2017
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 87003768
	................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=551164&partId=1&searchText=ganesha&page=1
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38159