ID: 901002479 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002479	Record Type: Character/Person

	Dikpālas (Hindu characters)

Note: Directional guardian deities or regents of the quarters or direction; the eight guardians of the compass directions as Aṣṭa-Dikpāla, or the ten guardians including zenith and nadir, Daśa-Dikpāla.

Names:

	Dikpālas (Hindu characters) (preferred,Sanskrit (transliterated)-P,D,N)
	Dikpālas (Hindu characters) (English-P,D,N)
	Dikpāla (Hindu characters) (Sanskrit (transliterated),A)
	Dikpāla (Hindu characters) (English,A,N)
	Dikpala (Hindu characters) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Related Iconography:

	counterpart is .... Dikpālikās
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Dikpālikās (Hindu characters)) [901002480]

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)

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

Sources:

	Dikpālas (Hindu characters)
	................AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
	................EITA Glossary: South India (1983-)
	Dikpāla (Hindu characters)
	................AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
	................EITA Glossary: South India (1983-)
	Dikpala (Hindu characters)
	................Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ EITA Glossary: South India (1983-)
	................ AIIS, CAA database (2000-)