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Chinese
Etymology
Possibly from Pali garuḷa, from Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍa). The Sanskrit ṭ ~ ḍ > ḷ > l reflexes were productive in both Middle Indic languages and early Chinese Buddhist lexicon. (Ji, 1998v4)
Pronunciation
Noun
迦樓羅
- (Buddhism, mythology) garuda (mythological winged being)
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 迦樓羅 – see the following entry.
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| 【迦楼羅】
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- (Buddhism) garuda; a type of guardian deity which takes the form of vast fire-breathing birds. Accounted as one of the eight legions in Mahayana Buddhism
- a gigaku mask in the form of a garuda head
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| (This term, 迦樓羅, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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