Garuda - Karura

Japanese: 迦楼羅 - かるら
Garuda - Karura

A fictional bird in Indian mythology. It is a transliteration of the Sanskrit garua. It can also be written as garuda, karura, or garuda. It is also a translation of the mythical bird suparnin (gold-winged bird, myoshi bird), which is considered to be the same as Garuda. It is said to be the king of birds, lives in a large tree under the four heavens, and is a ferocious, monster-like bird that eats dragons. In the Mahayana sutras, it is one of the eight heavenly dragons that protect Buddhism. In esoteric Buddhism, he is said to be an incarnation of Great Brahma, Mahajyāta, or Manjusri, and is located in the Outer Vajrayāda section of the Garbha Mandala.

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

インド神話上の架空の鳥。サンスクリット語のガルダgaruaの音写。誐嚕拏(がろだ)、迦留羅(かるら)、掲路荼(がろだ)などとも書く。またガルダと同視される神話的な鳥スパルニンsuparin(金翅(こんじ)鳥、妙翅(みょうし)鳥)の訳でもある。鳥類の王で四天下の大樹におり、竜(りゅう)を食う獰猛(どうもう)な大怪鳥であるという。大乗の経典のなかでは、仏法を守護する天竜八部衆(てんりゅうはちぶしゅう)の一とされる。密教では大梵天(ぼんてん)、大自在天(じざいてん)の化身、または文殊(もんじゅ)の化身とされ、胎蔵界曼荼羅外金剛部(たいぞうかいまんだらげこんごうぶ)に位する。

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