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Statue of a kinnara in The Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Bangkok . Kinnara statue of Lý dynasty, Vietnam. A kinnara (Sanskrit: Kiṃnara) is a creature from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. [1] They are described as part human and part bird, and have a strong association with music and love.
In the Mahābhārata, Kinnara is a kingdom in the Himalaya mountains described as the territory of a people known as the Kinnaras. The Kinnaras, along with other exotic tribes , were inhabitants of the Himalaya mountains.
Kinnara, male and Kinnari, female - a hybrid of human and bird, often painted as humans with wings in clothing and headdresses; associated with the Shan and Kayah States. Manotethiha (Manussiha in Pali) - Sphinx-like half-human, half-lion creatures. Their appearances are somewhat similar with sphinxes.
Statues and paintings of kinnaras were commissioned in various halls throughout Shaolin in honor of his defeat of the Red Turban army. A wicker statue woven by the monks and featured in the center of the "Kinnara Hall" was mentioned in Cheng Zongyou's seventeenth century training manual Shaolin Staff Method. However, a century later, it was ...
The Twenty-Four Protective Deities or the Twenty-Four Devas (Chinese: 二十四諸天; pinyin: Èrshísì Zhūtiān), sometimes reduced to the Twenty Protective Deities or the Twenty Devas (Chinese: 二十諸天; pinyin: Èrshí Zhūtiān), are a group of dharmapalas in Chinese Buddhism who are venerated as defenders of the Buddhist dharma.
Each statue measures 1.7 meters in height, 1.3 meters in width, and weighs around 1 ton. At the center of the hall, where the arms of the swastika join, stands a bronze canopy housing statues of the four main bodhisattvas in Chinese Buddhism: Guanyin , Ksitigarbha , Manjusri and Samantabhadra , who represent the four cardinal directions.
The Royal Family carving is carved on a Granite plate.There are five human figures carved on this plate. The human figure in the center is King Dutugamunu, who has a tall crown on his head and a "puna noola" around his chest. At his left are another two human figures. They are fanning him with a "Wijinipath"
Kinnari, this instrument finds mention in 13th century epic "Sangeeta Ratnakara" written by Srangadeva. According to Hindu mythology, it was invented by Kinnara, one of the musicians of "Heaven" and love. There is hardly a single Sanskrit treatise that does not make mention of this instrument.