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ID: 901001332
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001332
Record Type: Character/Person

Bhaironji (Hindu god)

Note: God local to Rajasthan, Shiva’s agent and deity of the underworld.

Names:
Bhaironji (Hindu god) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Hindu iconography> (P)
........<Hindu characters> (P)
............Bhaironji (Hindu god) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Shiva
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Shiva (Hindu deity)) [901000021]

Other Relationships:
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 .... Hindu
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... underworld (doctrinal concept)
.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
located in .... Rajasthan
.....(India, Asia) (TGN)

Sources:
Bhaironji (Hindu god)
................Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Deities: Hiduism," accessed 1 June 2016

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