ID: 901001900 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001900	Record Type: Character/Person

	Uma (Hindu deity)

Note: In earlier texts, Uma is Shiva's first wife (called Sati), who is reborn as Parvati. In the Ramayana, the name Uma is a synonym for Parvati.

Names:

	Uma (Hindu deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Related Iconography:

	consort/spouse of .... Shiva
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Shiva (Hindu deity)) [901000021]

	reincarnated as .... Parvati
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Parvati (Hindu deity)) [901001899]

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 .... Hinduism
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Uma (Hindu deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 99010886
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38619
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 99010886
	................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=250051&partId=1&searchText=Uma&images=true&page=1