Hatsadiling

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Hatsadiling ({{langx|th|หัสดีลิงค์}}; {{langx|my|ဟတ္ထီလိင်္ဂ}}; {{langx|pi|hatthīliṅga}}; {{langx|sa|hastilinga}}) is a mythical bird commonly featured in Northern Thai art. The creature is considered to be the size of a house, with the head and body of a lion, trunk and tusks of an elephant, the comb of a cock, and the wings of a bird.{{Cite book|title=Buddhist Sculpture of Northern Thailand|last=Stratton|first=Carol|date=2004|publisher=Serindia Publications, Inc.|isbn=9781932476095|language=en}} According to an oral myth in northeastern Thailand, the bird once inhabited the legendary forest of Himavanta.{{Cite book|title=The Society of Siam: Selected Articles on the Siam Society's Centenary|last=Baker|first=Christopher John|date=2004|publisher=Siam Society|isbn=9789749210666|language=en}} The bird is often featured as a motif on funerary hearses of prominent Buddhist monks in Northern Thailand during phongyibyan cremation ceremonies. The hatsadiling (hathi linga) has also been used by the Marma people as a primary motif for funerary hearses.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.460846|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.460846/page/n145 122]|quote=hathi linga.|title=An Account of the Chittagong Hill Tracts|last=Hutchinson|first=Robert Henry Sneyd|date=1906|publisher=Bengal Secretariat Book Depot|language=en}}

The bird was considered instrumental in the founding of Hariphunchai, a Mon kingdom in modern-day Thailand. It is featured in Cāmadevivaṃsa, a Pali chronicle that recounts the founding of the Hariphunchai kingdom by Queen Camadevi.{{Cite book|title=The Legend of Queen Cama: Bodhiramsi's Camadevivamsa, a Translation and Commentary|last=Bodhiraṅsī|last2=Swearer|first2=Donald K.|last3=Premchit|first3=Sommai|date=1998-05-28|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791437766|language=en}} The Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā mentions the hastilinga.{{Cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/165116/10/10_chapter%205.pdf|title=Fourth Chapter - Compare Between the Dhammapada and Tirukkal}} Buddhaghoṣa mentions it as an animal which possesses the strength of five elephants.