Changes: Konngara

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Konngara	Name:	矜羯羅 Konngara (cf. Kiṃkara)

	Species:	Yaksha (yakṣa, 夜叉)
	Abilities:	Unknown
	Age:	Unknown
	Occupation:	Astral Knight
	Location:	Silent Shrine
	Description:	Red eyes, black hair, has a red ribbon in his hair and wields a large sword. Wears red robes with white trim and grey sleeves. Has what seems to be either a horn or a spike impaled through his forehead.
	Relationships:	Unknown
	Appearances:	Highly Responsive to Prayers (Jigoku Route Final Boss)
	Titles:	See Character Titles

Reimu encounters Konngara deep within Jigoku. He is the final enemy Reimu confronts there before returning to her shrine. But since he has no profile and exchanges no dialogue with Reimu, nothing else is known about this enemy.

Meira and Konngara bare a striking resemblance to each other. They also share a single kanji in their names (羅), which means either "silk" or "gauze" or "Latin".

Konngara is often depicted to be an Oni because of the horn on his head. There is even a fan theory that Konngara could very well be one of the four devas of the mountains.
An alternate theory claims that the "horn" on his head is actually a metal spike stuck in it, based on how it appears to have a drop of blood dripping from it.

Konngara may be a reference to an attendant of the Fudoo Myoo-oo, the Japanese name for the Wisdom King Acala (Ācalanātha in Sanskrit), in Shingon Buddhism. Fudoo Myoo-oo is a violent figure, who burns away material desire with his flames. He is often depicted with fire and a sword, and attendants 'Konngara Dōji' and 'Seitaka Dōji', who are sometimes considered part of Fudoo Myoo-oo's 'Eight Great Youths'. Some artwork presents Konngara as male, or as an attendant of a deity. At least one text refers to Konngara as a yaksha, which are quasi-deities of a generally tutelary & benevolent character, but also sometime as malevolent, and hence why one might banished to jigoku (hell). See JAANUS link here.

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 | occupation = Astral Knight
 | location = Silent Shrine
-| description = *Red eyes, black hair, has a red ribbon in her hair and wields a large sword. Wears red robes with white trim and grey sleeves. Has what seems to be either a horn or a spike impaled through her forehead.
+| description = *Red eyes, black hair, has a red ribbon in his hair and wields a large sword. Wears red robes with white trim and grey sleeves. Has what seems to be either a horn or a spike impaled through his forehead.
 | relationships = *Unknown
 | appearances = *[[Highly Responsive to Prayers]] (''Jigoku'' Route Final Boss)
 }}
-*Reimu encounters Konngara deep within Jigoku. She is the final enemy Reimu confronts there before returning to her shrine. But since she has no profile and exchanges no dialogue with Reimu, nothing else is known about this enemy.
+*Reimu encounters Konngara deep within Jigoku. He is the final enemy Reimu confronts there before returning to her shrine. But since he has no profile and exchanges no dialogue with Reimu, nothing else is known about this enemy.
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