Did you know: Mahoraga and the Twelve Heavenly Generals

Did you know that Mahoraga's origin is rooted in Buddhism? If you have any ideas for something you would like for me to cover next let me know and thanks for watching :).
Find me on Instagram!
Instagram: @zaru.don
#jujutsukaisen #animefunfacts

[@Badmemers]

nice broo

[@ro.kn.2665]

If I say smoething wrong, please crrect me, but "Mahoraga" is not the Sanskrit name. In Sanskrit, it is "Mahāla", then called "Makora" in japanese. This is not a matter of both "Mahoraga" and "Mahāla" being legitimate different pronounciations of the same name, no, "Mahāla" is the only reading, "Mahoraga" simply being a wrong translation. "Mahoraga" is a name, but it refers to a divince race, not one of the heavenly generals. Both "摩虎羅" and "魔虚羅" are spellings for Makora (though I have seen the latter one only in JJK; so while the pronounciation is similar, I think it might possibly be the case that Gege used "魔" and "虚" in their spelling, to convey a different meaning for Makora's role, given that the Kanji have a more malevolent meaning, "魔" literally being used for evil spirit/devil/demon), which refer to the general. Neither of them are read as "Mahoraga". So 1:10 is wrong, "Mahāla" is the original sanscrit name, distinguished from "Mahoraga" (Which you literally mentiones seconds later in 1:50) and "Makora" would be the right translation, both when considering the name of the general and the Kanji.
I just wanted to get rid of any confusions, since you had both the wrong origin at 1:10 but then switched around to the right one at 1:50. I think the snake tail at "Mahoraga's" head in JJK stems more from the attempt of Gege, to combine some looks from the generals; since each General is wearing their associated zodiac on the head in a lot of buddhist depictions (not all ofc) I think the feature might stem from twisting a feature of Indala or Santhila (depending on the associated Zodiac) - The relation to the real "Mahoraga" race seems plausible at first, because of their serpentine features and head, but the Kanji in no way hint even slightly to a relation to the "Mahoraga".

[@hootapy]

Also, is it true that Mahala's constellation is different depending on the zodiac you use? For example in Japanese Zodiak Makora is a money but in a Chinese Zodiak Mahala is a rabbit?

[@zarudon270]

Wow! I'm sorry I'm just seeing this now as I'm getting back into a proper routine of making content but this is incredibly informative!
Yeah I definitely remember thinking it's easy to get this information mixed so I should be careful but I really appreciate the corrections here. Next time around I'll investigate a bit more. I learned a lot thank you 🙂.

[@ro.kn.2665]

@@hootapy yes, the associated zodiac can change with the tradition (mostly country specific)