chinthe
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Burmese ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “lion”), pronounced /t͡ɕʰɪ̀ɴðḛ/.
Noun edit
chinthe (plural chinthes)
- A leograph that is often seen at the entrances of Southeast Asian pagodas and temples
- 1998, Feroz Kapadia, South East Asia: Burma, Cambodia, Anmol publications, page 85:
- The artists are forced endlessly to carve figures of elephants and leographs of chinthes.
- 1999, Irene Moilanen, Mirrored in Wood: Burmese Art and Architecture, White Lotus Press, page 18:
- Two of the doors have hintha birds and the one door has a leaping leograph of chinthe.