kiṃnara (English spelling) kimnara

Japanese: kiṃnara(英語表記)kimnara
kiṃnara (English spelling) kimnara

…A figure of Garuda with a human body and a bird's head, wings, and claws is found in the Bezeklik Caves in China. (7) Kinnara: A singing and dancing deity, depicted as half-man, half-bird or half-man, half-horse. This is described as a half-man, half-beast (bird) deity because kinnara means "human or not." …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kiṃnara" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…人間の肢体に鳥の頭,翼,爪をもったガルダの図が中国のベゼクリク石窟にある。(7)緊那羅(キンナラkiṃnara) 歌舞神で,半人半鳥または半人半馬の姿で表される。これが半人半獣(鳥)の神と表されるのは,キンナラが〈人か否か〉を意味するからである。…

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