ID: 901002120 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002120	Record Type: Character/Person

	Sōma (Hindu deity)

Note: Medicinal Vedic moon deity.

Names:

	Sōma (Hindu deity) (preferred,English-P)
	सोम (HIndu deity) (Sanskrit-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

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

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)

	affiliated/associated with .... soma (beverage)
	.....(beverages, food, materials by function, materials (substances), Materials (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	is personification of .... Moon
	.....(Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy) (TGN)

Sources:

	Sōma (Hindu deity)
	................Burnett, Hindu Gods and Heroes (1922) 23
	सोम (HIndu deity)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_(deity)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Burnett, Hindu Gods and Heroes (1922)