Suparṇa
“eagle/falcon”
animal · 2 works · 3 mentions · 6 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Suparṇa the figure
eagle · eagles · falcon · golden-hued eagles · hawk · suparṇas · suparṇā · the heavenly eagle · śyena
spoken of as
2 expressionsSuparṇas1 mention
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
On the back of heaven, fifty honey-mixing suparṇas, guardians of the world — fierce, they protect rank by rank, those who stirred up Indra to heroic valor.
The two eagles“suparṇā”1 mention
Rigveda (Sanskrit)
Two eagles of beautiful wings, companions and friends, clasp the same tree.
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Mythic eagle/falcon figure invoked as bestower of vigorous life, symbol of royal ascent, and source of keen sight.
Attend to the eagle's oblation of Kaśyapa!
Having become an eagle (śyena), let us fly to settle among the clans.
Let the oblation bring the eagle hither from the far [realm], roaming unobstructed in another domain.
Rigveda
The eagle(s) of the riddle hymns, one eating the sacred fig while the other only watches, and elsewhere flying the cosmic track.
Two eagles of beautiful wings, companions and friends, clasp the same tree.
Golden-hued eagles, wearing the waters, fly upward to the black track in the sky.
On the tree where the honey-eating eagles make their home and give birth, the whole world is above — they say the sweet fig is at the top;