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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* | *In the Korean server, KOG uses the directly translated Chinese name; 大羅, rather then the English name. | ||
* | **大羅 refers to '''[[wikipedia:en:Shiva|Shiva]]''', the third member of the [[wikipedia:en:Trimurti|Trimurti]], a trinity of principal deities in '''Hindu''' religion. | ||
**One of Shiva's more common names is Maheśvara ("Great Lord"), which can be written in Chinese as 大自在天 and 摩醯首羅, the latter of which has another secondary notation written as 摩醯濕代羅. The Korean part of her name, 대라 is taken from the last two characters of the Korean transliteration of that secondary notation, written in Korean as 마혜습'''대라'''. | **One of Shiva's more common names is Maheśvara ("Great Lord"), which can be written in Chinese as 大自在天 and 摩醯首羅, the latter of which has another secondary notation written as 摩醯濕代羅. The Korean part of her name, 대라 is taken from the last two characters of the Korean transliteration of that secondary notation, written in Korean as 마혜습'''대라'''. | ||
**As with [[Apsara]] and [[Devi]], the Chinese name is an abbreviation of sorts. Taking the first and last symbol of both versions of Maheśvara (as mentioned above), '''[大]'''自在天 + 摩醯首'''[羅]''', forms this class's Chinese name, 大羅. | **As with [[Apsara]] and [[Devi]], the Chinese name is an abbreviation of sorts. Taking the first and last symbol of both versions of Maheśvara (as mentioned above), '''[大]'''自在天 + 摩醯首'''[羅]''', forms this class's Chinese name, 大羅. | ||
***This doubles as a play on words, as 摩醯首羅 is written in Korean as 마혜수라, the last two characters of which (수라, "Shura") are the name of this path's previous job, [[Asura]]. | ***This doubles as a play on words, as 摩醯首羅 is written in Korean as 마혜수라, the last two characters of which (수라, "Shura") are the name of this path's previous job, [[Asura]]. | ||
***Interestingly, the developers could've simply used 代羅 (the ending characters of the previously mentioned secondary notation) as her Chinese name instead of using an abbreviation, as both 大羅 and 代羅 transliterate into 대라. | ***Interestingly, the developers could've simply used 代羅 (the ending characters of the previously mentioned secondary notation) as her Chinese name instead of using an abbreviation, as both 大羅 and 代羅 transliterate into 대라. | ||
*[[Wikipedia:en:Shakti|'''Shakti''']] is the concept or personification of divine feminine creative power, sometimes referred to as "The Great Divine Mother" in Hinduism. | |||
*Upon advancing to '''Shakti''', the glowing diamond pupils present during '''Celestial Fox''' mode will be present in her normal eyes. | *Upon advancing to '''Shakti''', the glowing diamond pupils present during '''Celestial Fox''' mode will be present in her normal eyes. | ||
*'''Shakti''' has the white parts of her hair tied up behind her to resemble fox ears. Naturally, they are replaced with the actual fox ears in '''Celestial Fox''' mode. | *'''Shakti''' has the white parts of her hair tied up behind her to resemble fox ears. Naturally, they are replaced with the actual fox ears in '''Celestial Fox''' mode. | ||
