ID: 901002462 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002462	Record Type: Character/Person

	Lōkapāla (Hindu-Buddhist character)

Note: In Hinduism and Buddhism, regents or guardians of the four principal quarters.

Names:

	Lōkapāla (Hindu-Buddhist character) (preferred,Sanskrit (transliterated)-P,D)
	Lōkapāla (Hindu-Buddhist character) (English-P,D)
	Lokapalas (Hindu-Buddhist characters) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Hindu iconography> (P)
		........<Hindu characters> (P)
		............Lōkapāla (Hindu-Buddhist character) (I)

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)

Sources:

	Lōkapāla (Hindu-Buddhist character)
	................EITA Glossary: South India (1983-)
	................EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
	................AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	Lokapalas (Hindu-Buddhist characters)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
	................ EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
	................ EITA Glossary: South India (1983-)