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ID: 901002273
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002273
Record Type: Character/Person

Lokanatha (Buddhist deity)

Note: Form of Avalokiteshvara, has two hands, carying lotus and Varada pose; may be with companions.

Names:
Lokanatha (Buddhist deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Lokanatha (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:
Lokanatha (Buddhist deity)
................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)

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