kinnara
किन्नर kinnaraA half-human, half-animal celestial being (part horse, or in later traditions part bird), a musician like the apsara and an emblem of devoted, faithful love. Paired with the kimpurushas.
Where this term appears
- The Artists of the Sky Treatise
The kinnaras (with their partners the kimpuruṣas , "is-it-a-man?" beings) are the half-and-half creatures of the sky — in the Indian tradition typically part human and part horse, in the later and Buddhist imag…
- The Classes of the Gods Treatise
…dyādharas, the apsarases, the yakṣas and rakṣases, the gandharvas and kinnaras, the piśācas, the guhyakas, the siddhas, and the bhūtas — these are the deva-yonis.