Nawarupa (Burmese: နဝရူပ, also spelt Nawa Rupa; Pali: navarūpa, Sanskrit: नवरूप, lit. 'nine forms'), also known as Byala (Rakhine: ဗျာလ, ဗျာလ္လ), is a chimeric creature found in Burmese and Rakhine (Arakanese) mythology. == Description == The beast is made of 9 animals, possessing the head of an elephant, the eyes of a deer, the horns of a rhinoceros, the tongue and wings of a parrot, the body and legs of a lion, and the tail of a peafowl.
Nawarupa (Burmese: နဝရူပ, also spelt Nawa Rupa; Pali: navarūpa, Sanskrit: नवरूप, lit. 'nine forms'), also known as Byala (Rakhine: ဗျာလ, ဗျာလ္လ), is a chimeric creature found in Burmese and Rakhine (Arakanese) mythology. == Description == The beast is made of 9 animals, possessing the head of an elephant, the eyes of a deer, the horns of a rhinoceros, the tongue and wings of a parrot, the body and legs of a lion, and the tail of a peafowl.
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