Hiranya

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The title of this article is official, but this subject only appears in Japanese material.

Hiranya
Hiranya
Artwork from the manual
Appears in All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.
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A Hiranya is a symbol popularized by the Japanese radio show Yūji Miyake's Young Paradise, the radio program that preceded All Night Nippon on the same station. A segment on that show claimed the Hiranya has mysterious powers and is buried somewhere in Tokyo, daring the listeners to hunt for it to claim a prize. In All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros., the Hiranya replaces the Super Star.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ヒランヤ[1]
Hiran'ya
From the Sanskrit word for gold[2]

Notes[edit]

  • The official appearance of the Hiranya is a golden hexagram embossed on a hexagon with a circular hole in the center as can be seen in the computer game YanPara Adventure: Hiranya no Nazo released months earlier in 1986.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. instruction booklet. Page 10.
  2. ^ 『これが噂のヒランヤだ: ピラミッドパワーを超えた奇跡の黄金六芒星』 cover.
  3. ^ ヤンパラアドベンチャー ヒランヤの謎. Game Preservation Society. Retrieved December 14, 2024.