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Main Profile
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矜羯羅 Konngara (cf. Kiṃkara) | |
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Yaksha (yakṣa, 夜叉) | |
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Astral Knight | |
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Location: |
Silent Shrine | |
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- 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.
Fun Facts
- "Konngara" is a numerical value, equivalent to 10 to the power of 112.
- 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".
- An alternate theory claims that the "horn" on her 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.
Official Profiles
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