masculine
a kind of fairy bird
Supaṇṇa [Vedic suparṇa] "fairwing" a kind of fairy bird, a mythical creature (cf. garuḷa), imagined as winged, considered as foe to the nāgas D II 259; S I 148; Ja I 202; II 13, 107; III 91, 187, 188; VI 256, 257; Vism 155 (°rājā), 400; Nidd I 92, 448; Dhp-a I 280; Pv-a 272; Sv I 51; Mhv 14, 40; 19, 20. Four kinds S III 246.
【陽】 金翅鳥。
(masc, masc, from paṇṇa) supernatural bird; arch-enemy of the nāgas supernatural bird of prey, arch-enemy of the nāgas [lit.] beautiful wings Construction: su + paṇṇa