- a
flight of
steps to the
platform on
Singuttara Hill. A pair of
giant leogryphs guards each entrance. The
eastern and
southern approaches have vendors...
-
Chinthe (Burmese: ခြင်္သေ့ (IPA: [tɕʰɪ̀ɰ̃ðḛ]); Mon: ဇာဒိသိုၚ် ([cɛ̀atìʔsaŋ]); Shan: သၢင်ႇသီႈ ([sàːŋ si])) is the
Burmese word for 'lion'. The leograph...
-
possessing the
appendages of
other beasts. It has
sometimes been
described as a
leogryph (part-lion and part-griffin), with some bird-like features, with the trunk...
-
meritorious deed for
those able to do so. Two
statues of
chinthes or
leogryphs (stylised lion figures)
stand guard at the
southern and main approach...
- are
small square pillars each
surmounted by a
marble m****siha or
winged leogryph; the
monster has a
human head and two bodies. The relic-chamber on the...
- huge
statues of
guardians of the temple,
known as
chinthes which are
leogryphs (lion
shaped gryphs). Out of the four
entrances to the
pagoda only the...
- creepers,
flowers of blue and red lotuses,
pitchers and the
pattern of
leogryph." Sudhi,
Padma (1993).
Gupta Art, a
Study from
Aesthetic and Canonical...
- his
vahana - the Garuda, Balarama,
apsaras (celestial woman), a
vyala (
leogryph), Agni, a four-armed Shiva-like
seated male, a male
seated on a makara...
- the
state animal of Manipur,
unlike the East
Asian and
Southeast Asian leogryphs. The
government of
Manipur recognised the
illustration of
Meitei mythical...
- Talaqi-Darwaza for
reasons unknown. On this gate, in the front,
carved marble leogryphs in
combat with a man are seen
above the
oriel windows.
Built in random...
