ID: 901002271 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002271	Record Type: Character/Person

	Simhanada (Buddhist deity)

Note: Buddhist deity, he who cures diseases; form of Avalokiteshvara.

Names:

	Simhanada (Buddhist deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist characters> (P)
		............Simhanada (Buddhist deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Avalokiteshvara
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Avalokiteshvara (Buddhist bodhisattva)) [901000085]

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

Sources:

	Simhanada (Buddhist deity)
	................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/54245?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Simhanada&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1