kiṉnarêṡa

kiṉ-nara

m. « what sort of man?» a mythical being with a human figure andﾠ the head of a horse ( orﾠ with a horse's body andﾠ the head of a man Ṡiṡ. IV, 38 ;
originally perhaps a kind of monkey cf. vā-nara;
in later times (like the Naras) reckoned among the Gandharvas orﾠ celestial choristers, andﾠ celebrated as musicians;
alsoﾠ attached to the service of Kubera;
(with Jains) one of the eight orders of the Vyantaras) Mn. MBh. etc.;
N. of a prince VP. ;
of Nara (a son of Vibhīshaṇa) Rājat. I, 197 ;
of the attendant of the fifteenth Arhat of the present Avasarpinī Jain. ;
N. of a locality gaṇa takshaṡilâ̱di;
(ā) f. a kind of musical instrument L. (cf. κινύρα);
(ī) f. a female Kiṃnara R. Megh. etc.;
a female Kimpurusha R. VII, 89, 3 ;
the lute of the Caṇḍālas L. ;
- kaṇṭha mfn. singing like a Kiṃnara Viddh. ;
- nagara n. a town of the Kiṃnaras Divyâ̱v. ;
- pati m. « the lord of the Kiṃnaras»
N. of Kubera Bālar. ;
- varsha m. a division of the earth (said to be north of the Himālaya mountains);
kiṉnarêṡa, - ṡvara m. « the lord of the Kiṃnaras»
N. of Kubera L.