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“Fairwing” a kind of fairy bird, a mythical creature (cp. garuḷa), imagined as winged, considered as foe to the nāgas DN.ii.259; SN.i.148; Ja.i.202; Ja.ii.13, Ja.ii.107; Ja.iii.91, Ja.iii.187, Ja.iii.188; Ja.vi.256, Ja.vi.257 Vism.155 (˚rājā), Vism.400; Mnd.92, Mnd.448; Dhp-a.i.280; Pv-a.272; DN-a.i.51; Mhvs.14, Mhvs.40; Mhvs.19, Mhvs.20. Four kinds SN.iii.246.

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