A kinnara (Sanskrit: Kiṃnara) is a creature from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. They are described as part human and part bird, and have a strong association...
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Kinnara Thumbikal ('Lovelorn dragonflies') is a 2000 Indian low-budget erotic film written, directed, and filmed by R. J. Prasad. It stars Shakeela in...
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Mahābhārata, Kinnara is a kingdom in the Himalaya mountains described as the territory of a people known as the Kinnaras. The Kinnaras, along with other...
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the 1990s, the genre's popularity grew after the successful release of Kinnara Thumbikal (2000), which starred Shakeela. This period was termed the Shakeela...
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and rotate the earth, which occasionally causes earthquakes. Like the kinnara, the Mahoraga are also associated with music. They are understood as being...
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a popular figure in Kerala with the release of Malayalam softcore film Kinnara Thumbikal in 2000. This film would go on to pioneer a new wave of low-budget...
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Kinnara Taiko is a Japanese American drumming ensemble (playing taiko) based out of Senshin Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles, US. They began playing taiko...
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Raga (film) (redirect from Kinnara School)
the first half of 1968 in India, particularly Bombay, home to Shankar's Kinnara School of Music since 1963. Among the scenes filmed in India, Shankar directs...
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Twenty-Four Protective Deities (section Kinnara King)
Sāgara, were later added to form a group of twenty. At a later date, the Kinnara King was also added. Upon Buddhism's arrival in China, it became syncretized...
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and tells her that he had killed Nahusha. The goddess was consoled by a Kinnara couple who informed her of Nahusha's wellbeing and prophesied that she...
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The Kinnara School of Music was a music school founded in Mumbai, India, in 1962 by Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar. With his increased popularity...
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Kiratas, Paradas, Saka-Greeks, Indo-Greeks, Pulindas, Scythians, Kushans, Kinnaras, Tusharas, Nishadas, Türks, Mongols, Romans, Balochs and Arabs were also...
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first Indian to compose music for non-Indian films. Shankar founded the Kinnara School of Music in Mumbai in 1962. Shankar befriended Richard Bock, founder...
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Druma, the vīnā playing king of the kinnaras (Skt. Kiṃnara), and his retinue of musicians (which include devas, kinnaras and gandharvas). In some passages...
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of the four staff-wielding "Kinnara Kings" from the Lotus Sutra in 1575. His name was thus changed from Narayana to "Kinnara King". One of the many versions...
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in Hinduism. Keshi is the horse-demon, healed by Krishna. Kinnara In Hindu faith, a kinnara is a paradigmatic lover, a celestial musician, half-human...
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found in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. They are also known as Kinnara. As of 2001[update], the Kanaura were classified as a Scheduled Tribe under...
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Himalaya mountains like the Kuninda, Parvata, Nepa, Kirata, Kimpurusha, and Kinnara. It was told that Arjuna made an expedition to the kingdoms in the mountainous...
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Stick zither and flute played by kinnaras, from the relief of the hidden base of Borobudur - 1890-1891. The kinnara is pressing the gourd resonator into...
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Ajita Brahma or Brahmeshvara Ishvara or Yakset Kumara Dandapani Patala Kinnara Kimpurusha or Garuda Gandharva Kendra or Yakshendra Kubera Varuna Bhrikuti...
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methods were introduced. Artifacts found from this era include a golden kinnara, a golden image believed by some to be a Tara, and a Ganesha pendant. These...
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deva or asura, a human being, gandharva or uraga or rakshasa, pisaca or kinnara, one must always venerate one's pitrs. He states that performing the Shraddha...
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heraldry, although it remains a peculiarly German device. Alkonost Karura Kinnara Seraphim Siren (mythology) Sirin Tengu Tulevieja Uchek Langmeitong Harpya:...
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Baphomet Centaur Cernunnos Faunus Glaistig Goatman (urban legend) Khnum Kinnara Krampus Minotaur Pan (god) Puck (mythology) Satyr Se'irim Silvanus (mythology)...
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Burmese dance (section Kinnara and kinnari dances)
and Sanskrit literature to the mythical birds with human head and torso, Kinnara (male) and Kinnari (female). According to the literature, the birds originated...
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the world as one creation. The male Kinnara is holding a musical instrument (Alapini vina) while the female Kinnara is holding a cymbal. Shiva is carved...
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heads. They are associated with, and sometimes considered the same as the kinnaras, though some Puranas distinguish between them. They are attendants of the...
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rakshasas" (Rakshasadhipati), "Lord of Guhyakas" (Guhyakadhipa), "king of Kinnaras"(Kinnararaja), "king of animals resembling men" (Mayuraja), and "king of...
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Kalinga Kamboja Karnata Karusha Kashi Kekeya Kerala Khasa Kikata Kimpurusha Kinnara Kirata Kingdom Kishkindha Konkana Kosala Kuninda Kunti Kuru Lanka Madra...
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Riot Suite (2011), a jazz suite by Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, released by Kinnara Records, was recorded at Tulsa's Church Studio Bob Dylan's song "Murder...
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