[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [觀音義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728) › 2.82 # 觀音義疏 2.82 觀音義疏 2.82 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.82) 緊那羅者，天帝絲竹樂神，小不如乾闥婆，形似人而頭有角，亦呼為疑神，亦為人非人，今不取人非人，釋緊那羅，此乃是結八部數爾。 > Kiṃnaras: the heavenly sovereign's string-and-wind music deities, slightly inferior to the gandharvas. Their forms resemble humans but their heads have horns; they are also called doubtful spirits, and also humans-non-humans. Now we do not take 'humans-non-humans' to explain kiṃnaras; this is merely concluding the count of the eight classes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.81) - [Next: 2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.83) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728~en-mt.2.82) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.82) · Pramāṇa