page_title: Pyinsarupa
hierarchical_section_title: Pyinsarupa
caption_attribution_description: Català: Museu de Cultures del Món, Barcelona. Suport de gong. Mandalay, Birmània. S XIX Español: Museu de Cultures del Món, Barcelona. English: Museu de Cultures del Món, Barcelona. Gong stand.
context_page_description: Pyinsarupa, also known as phaya luang, is a chimeric animal made of an elephant, bullock, horse, white carp and tonaya, or alternately lion, elephant, water buffalo, white carp and hamsa. The pyinsarupa is commonly featured in traditional Burmese hsaing waing orchestras, and serves as the logo of Myanmar's flagship air carrier, Myanmar Airways International.
context_section_description: Pyinsarupa (Burmese: ပဉ္စရူပ, [pjɪ̀ɴsa̰ jùpa̰], also spelt pyinsa rupa; Pali: pañcarūpa, lit. "five forms"), also known as phaya luang (Thai: พญาลวง), is a chimeric animal made of an elephant, bullock, horse, white carp (ငါးကြင်း) and tonaya (တိုးနရား, a mythical horned animal), or alternately lion, elephant, water buffalo, white carp and hamsa. The pyinsarupa is commonly featured in traditional Burmese hsaing waing orchestras, and serves as the logo of Myanmar's flagship air carrier, Myanmar Airways International.
caption: Burmese depiction of the pyinsarupa.
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