迦楼羅

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迦 楼 羅
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Jinmeiyō 		る
Grade: S 		ら
Grade: S
kan'on goon on'yomi
Alternative spelling
迦樓羅 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍa)

Noun

迦(か)楼(る)羅(ら) • (karura) 

  1. (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
    Synonym: 金翅鳥 (konjichō)
    Hypernym: 八部衆 (hachibushū)
    Coordinate terms: 天部, 竜, 夜叉, 乾闥婆, 阿修羅, 迦楼羅, 緊那羅, 摩睺羅伽
  2. a gigaku mask in the form of a garuda head

Derived terms

  • 迦楼羅炎(かるらえん) (karuraen)
  • 迦楼羅法(かるらほう) (karurahō)
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