ID: 901002444 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002444	Record Type: Character/Person

	Aṣṭa-Dikpālas (Hindu characters)

Note: Aṣṭa-Dikpāla ("Guardians of Eight Directions"); they are Kubera (North) Yama (South) Indra (East) Varuṇa (West) Īśāna (Northeast) Agni (Southeast) Vayu (Northwest) Nirṛti (Southwest).

Names:

	Aṣṭa-Dikpālas (Hindu characters) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Guardians of Eight Directions (Hindu characters) (English-P,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Hindu iconography> (P)
		........<Hindu characters> (P)
		............Dikpālas (Hindu characters) (I)
		................Aṣṭa-Dikpālas (Hindu characters) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... guardian deities
	.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	related to .... cardinal directions
	.....(positional attributes, attributes and properties by specific type, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Aṣṭa-Dikpālas (Hindu characters)
	................AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	................EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
	................AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
	Guardians of Eight Directions (Hindu characters)
	................AIIS, CAA database (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ AIIS, CAA database (2000-)