thumb|A Northern Thai funerary hearse featuring the hatsadiling.
thumb|A Northern Thai funerary hearse featuring the hatsadiling.
Hatsadiling (; ; ; ) is a mythical bird commonly featured in Northern Thai art. The creature is considered to be the size of a house, with the head and body of a lion, trunk and tusks of an elephant, the comb of a cock, and the wings of a bird. According to an oral myth in northeastern Thailand, the bird once inhabited the legendary forest of Himavanta. The bird is often featured as a motif on funerary hearses of prominent Buddhist monks in Northern Thailand during phongyibyan cremation ceremonies. The hatsadiling (hathi linga) has also been used by the Marma people as a primary motif for funerary hearses.
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