ID: 901002534 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002534	Record Type: Character/Person

	Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)

Note: In Buddhism, god of warfare, usually portrayed as a warrior-king.

Names:

	Vaisravana (Buddhist deity) (preferred,English-P)
	Vaiśravaṇa (Buddhist deity) (English)
	Vessavaṇa (Buddhist deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

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

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)

	deity of .... war
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

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

Sources:

	Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Leeming, Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005)
	Vaiśravaṇa (Buddhist deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Vessavaṇa (Buddhist deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Leeming, Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005)
	................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vai%C5%9Brava%E1%B9%87a#/media/File:Hermitage_Museum_XX-2385_Golden_Vaishravana.jpg