频伽鸟

頻伽鳥
pínqiéniǎo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 kalavinka (Buddhist mythical bird)
  2. 2 melodious-voiced bird of the Pure Land

Examples

Dūnhuáng bìhuà zhōng chángjiàn rén shǒu niǎo shēn de pínqiéniǎo.
Dunhuang murals often show kalavinkas with a human head and a bird's body.
Fójīng shuō jílè jìngtǔ chùchù chuán lái pínqiéniǎo de gēshēng.
The sutras say the Pure Land is filled everywhere with the song of kalavinkas.

Tips

culture
频伽鸟 is a shortening of (jiālíngpínqié), a transliteration of Sanskrit कलविङ्क (kalaviṅka). In Buddhist cosmology it is said to sing inside the egg with a voice surpassing all other birds, and is a stock symbol of the Pure Land.

Stroke Order

pín
jiā
niǎo