Digging

Japanese: Diggaja
Digging

…It is said that elephants were born from the shell of an egg after Garuda was born when Brahma recited a saman (spell) on the shell during the creation of the world. Eight elephants, male and female, were born from the egg that split on the left and right, and they became Diggaja, the "elephants of the direction" that support the universe in eight directions. The first male elephant was called Airāvata, and is said to have become the vehicle of Indra, the king of the gods. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…象は,梵天の世界創造のとき,ガルダが生まれた後の卵の殻に,梵天がサーマン(呪文)をとなえることによって,その殻から生まれたといわれる。左右に割れた卵から雌雄8頭ずつ生まれ,彼らは宇宙を8方位で支える〈方位の象〉ディグガジャDiggajaとなった。また最初に生まれた雄はアイラーバタAirāvataと呼ばれ,神々の王なるインドラの乗物となったともいわれる。…

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