chinthe

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chinthes

Etymology

Borrowing from Burmese ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., lion), pronounced /t͡ɕʰɪ̀ɴðḛ/.

Noun

chinthe (plural chinthes)

  1. A leograph that is often seen at the entrances of Southeast Asian pagodas and temples
    • 1998, Feroz Kapadia, South East Asia: Burma, Cambodia, Anmol publications, page 85:
      The artists are forced endlessly to carve figures of elephants and leographs of chinthes.
    • 1999, Irene Moilanen, Mirrored in Wood: Burmese Art and Architecture, White Lotus Press, page 18:
      Two of the doors have hintha birds and the one door has a leaping leograph of chinthe.

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