pyinsarupa
{{Short description|Chimeric animal from Burmese mythology}}
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Pyinsarupa ({{langx|my|ပဉ္စရူပ}}, {{IPA|my|pjɪ̀ɴsa̰ jùpa̰|}}, also spelt pyinsa rupa; {{langx|pi|pañcarūpa}}, {{lit|five forms}}{{Cite book|title=Aspects of Myanmar culture|last=Oa|first=Tin Mg|date=2003|publisher=Cho-Tay-Than Pub. House|language=en}}), also known as phaya luang ({{langx|th|พญาลวง}}), is a chimeric animal from Burmese mythology.
Description
The Pyinsarupa is made of parts of an elephant, a bullock, a horse, a white carp (ငါးကြင်း) and a tonaya (တိုးနရား, a mythical horned leodragon), or alternately a lion, an elephant, a water buffalo, a white carp, and a hamsa.{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore|last=Bane|first=Theresa|date=2016-04-29|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476622682|language=en}} The creature is commonly featured in traditional Burmese hsaing waing orchestras, and serves as the logo of Myanmar's flagship air carrier, Myanmar Airways International.