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| ID: 901001902 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001902 | Record Type: Character/Person |
 | Varaha (Hindu deity) | |
| Note: Third of the 10 incarnations (avatars) of the Hindu god Vishnu. When a demon named Hiranyaksha dragged the earth to the bottom of the sea, Vishnu took the form of a boar in order to rescue it. | |
| Varaha (Hindu deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N) |
| Varāha (Hindu deity) (English,U,N) |
| Barāha (Hindu deity) (undetermined,U,N) |
| वराह (Hindu deity) (Sanskrit,U,N) |
| | Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) |
| | ....<Hindu iconography> (P) |
| | ........<Hindu characters> (P) |
| | ............Varaha (Hindu deity) (I) |
| consort/spouse of .... Varahi | |
| ..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Varahi (Hindu deity)) [901000866] |
| incarnation of .... Vishnu | |
| ..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Vishnu (Hindu deity)) [901000395] |
| 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 .... boar (species) | |
| .....(Sus (genus), Suidae (family), Artiodactyla (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
| Varaha (Hindu deity) |
| ................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) |
| Varāha (Hindu deity) |
| ................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 87001616 |
| Barāha (Hindu deity) |
| ................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) |
| वराह (Hindu deity) |
| ................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varaha |
| ................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Varaha" and in "Saptamatrika," accessed 22 June 2017 |
| ................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 87001616 |
| ................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=182715&partId=1&searchText=Varaha&images=true&page=1 |
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