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Entry गरुड
गरुडgaruḍaN. of the king of birds. [He is a son of Kaśyapa by his wife Vinatā. He is the chief of the feathered race, an…
[गरुद्भयां डयते, डी-ड पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedतलोपः, गॄ-उडच् Uṇ 4. 166.]
Name of the king of birds. [He is a son of Kaśyapa by his wife Vinatā. He is the chief of the feathered race, an implacable enemy of serpents, and elder brother of Aruṇa. In a dispute between his mother and Kadrū, her rival, about the colour of उचैःश्रवस् Kadrū defeated Vinatā, and, in accordance with the conditions of the wager, made her her slave. Garuḍa brought down the heavenly beverage (Amṛita) to purchase her freedom, not, however, without a hard struggle with Indra for the same. Vinatā was then released; but the Amṛita was taken away by Indra from the serpents. Garuḍa is represented as the vehicle of Visnu, and as having a white face, an aquiline nose, red wings and a golden body.]
A building or architecture (such as चिति) shaped like Garuḍa; गरुडो रुक्मपक्षो वै त्रिगुणोऽष्टादशात्मकः Rām.1.14. 29.
Name of a particular military array.
Derived forms and compounds
-अग्रजः an epithet of Aruṇa, the charioteer of the sun; विभिन्नवर्णा गरुडाग्रजेन Śi.4.14.
-अङ्कः an epithet of Viṣṇu.
-अङ्कितम्, -अश्मन्Masculine
-उत्तीर्णम् an emerald.
-ध्वजः an epithet of Viṣṇu; समाहितमतिश्चैव तुष्टाव गरुडध्वजम् V. Parasmaipada
