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)
Golden-hued eagles, wearing the waters, fly upward to the black track in the sky.
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Mythic eagle/falcon figure invoked as bestower of vigorous life, symbol of royal ascent, and source of keen sight.
The falcon, the fair-winged, the heavenly, who watches over men, thousand-footed, hundred-wombed, the bestower of vigorous life — may he place within our reach the wealth that has been carried away;
Let the oblation bring the eagle hither from the far [realm], roaming unobstructed in another domain.
The sight that man-seeing Soma won in the contest with the serpent, or that which the hawk, the bird, the Suparṇa possesses — that which they call the boundless eye of Aditi, may man-seeing Soma place that in me.
Rigveda
The eagle(s) of the riddle hymns, one eating the sacred fig while the other only watches, and elsewhere flying the cosmic track.
Golden-hued eagles, wearing the waters, fly upward to the black track in the sky.
Two eagles of beautiful wings, companions and friends, clasp the same tree.
The heavenly eagle, the great bird of the sky, the embryo of the waters, the shining one of herbs — Sarasvan who refreshes those who desire him with his rains — I call him with repeated calls for help.