किं-नर a &c. See
कि॑म्.
किं—नर m. bm. ‘what sort of man?’ a mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse (or with a horse's body and the head of a man,
[Śiś. iv, 38] ; originally perhaps a kind of monkey
cf. वा-नर; in later times (like the
नरs) reckoned among the
गन्धर्वs or celestial choristers, and celebrated as musicians; also attached to the service of
कुबेर; (with Jains) one of the eight orders of the
व्यन्तरs),
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c.
N. of a prince,
[VP.] of
नर (a son of
विभीषण),
[Rājat. i, 197] of the attendant of the fifteenth
अर्हत् of the present
अवसर्पिणी,
[Jain.] तक्षशिलादि N. of a locality
g.