Talk:Rakcharango

Source 1 : チベットに生息したという牝牛の怪物. おびただしい量の血で身体が赤く染まっているという.

かつてラマ僧を虐殺したルゴンギエンポの別名もしくはその側近とする説が有力.

Trans.: ''A cow monster that inhabited Tibet. Its body is stained red with a tremendous amount of blood. The theory that this is an alias of ルゴンギエンポ (rugongienpo) who slaughtered lamas, or one of his close associates is likely.''

Source 2 : チベットに住む聖なる魔獣. 牡牛の姿をしており、悪魔を払ってくれるとされる. 真1に登場. ... (ARL)メガテン公式の解説ではチベット出典とされており、牛魔王ルゴンギエンポかその側近、又はヤマーンタカ、これらいずれかの別名と思われる、という何とも不確かな情報であった. 実際の所、この「ラクチャ・ランゴ」の名はネパール語で「聖なる牡水牛」の意味であり、水牛に関連する姿を持つという大威徳明王、ヤマーンタカのネパール名である様だ. チベット仏教圏で行なわれる仮面舞踏劇「ツァム（チャム）」においては、水牛の頭を持つ魔神として伝えられる. (ICBT)

Trans.: ''A sacred magical beast living in Tibet. It is said that it takes the form of a bull and drives away demons. Appeared in Majin Tensei 1. (NOTE: gameplay-specific commentary excised here)  In the original Megaten commentary, there is uncertain information that theorizes that this is an alias of the cow demon "Rugongienpo" or one of his aides, or perhaps Yamantaka. In fact, this "Rakcha Rango" name has the meaning of "holy buffalo" in Nepali, and seems to be the Nepalese name of Yamantaka (Daiitoku-Myõõ), said to have the figure of a buffalo''. In the masquerade play Tsam (Cham) performed in the Tibetan Buddhist area, it is reported as a devil with a buffalo's head.

Using English-to-Nepali dictionaries online gives us the following:

रांगो rāṅgō  water buffalo (bull)

Halfway there! But "rakcha" / "rakucha" remains problematic for a non-expert like me. rakcha or rakca pull up nothing. raksa (raksha)  means "defense", laksa (laksha) means "target". Close, but no cigar.

I'm also convinced the "gienpo" above is actually Tibetan gyalpo (king) which in additional to the usual meaning (cf. Bhutanese  druk gyalpo (dragon king)) is attested as a class of spirits.

More research needed to clinch this identification. (But hey, I'm just a Persona casual, so ...)

- Miwasatoshi (talk) 16:04, July 1, 2017 (UTC)