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Definition[1]
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緊那羅 [py] jĭnnàluó [wg] chin-na-lo [ko] 긴나라 kinnara [ja] キンナラ kinnara ||| A heavenly musician, who body is part god, part human, and part animal (Skt. kiṃnara; Pali kinnara). Possibly equivalent to English chimera. The kiṃnaras are said to sing and dance to the wonderfully sublime music that they make. They are one of the eight kinds of spiritual beings 八部衆 who usually appear in the audience of Mahāyāna sutras. This term is also transcribed into Chinese as 緊捺洛, 緊拏羅, 緊擔路, 甄陀羅, 眞陀羅, and translated as 歌神, 歌樂神, and 音樂天. The meaning of kiṃ is that of an expression of doubt, while nara means "human." Thus the meaning is that of "dubious human" 疑人, or "human yet not human" 人非人.
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Definition[2]
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為音譯，帝釋天的樂神，似人而頭上有角。
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漢譯阿含經辭典，莊春江編(1.4版)
Definition[3]
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梵語緊那羅，華言疑神。似人而頭有角，亦帝釋天主樂神也。
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明，一如《三藏法數》字庫
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