Garuḍa
deity figure · 4 works · 21 mentions · 31 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Garuḍa the animal
Suparṇa · son of Vinatā · king of birds · Vainateya · Garutmat · Garuṭmān · Tārkṣya · Vainateyā · best of birds · devourer of serpents
spoken of as
1 expressionTārkṣya“Garuḍa”1 mention
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
"By Viṣṇu with his slaughter of daityas, by Tārkṣya with his routing of serpents, and by you with your crushing of foes in battle — I am greatly gratified.
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Lord of birds, maternal uncle of Sagara's forefathers, who advises Aṃśumān that Gaṅgā alone can redeem the sons.
Casting his gaze carefully in all directions, O Rāma, he then saw Suparṇa — Garuḍa, the lord of birds, the maternal uncle of his forefathers — matchless and without blemish.
"When this ash is moistened by Gaṅgā, the beloved of all worlds, she will carry those sixty thousand sons to the heavenly realm.
You should not, O wise one, offer them ordinary water — that mundane rite is not appropriate for them.
Cittaviśuddhiprakaraṇa
The mythological bird-deity Garuḍa, traditionally associated with mastery over poison/snakes, invoked here as a meditational self-identification.
Just as one who, having meditated on his own Garuḍa-[form], draws out the poison and drinks it down, renders his patient poison-free and is not himself overcome by the poison —
Rigveda
Mythic fair-winged bird said to have been born before Savitṛ and to follow his law.
the fair-winged Garuḍa was born before Savitṛ himself, and he follows even Savitṛ's law.
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
Mythological king of birds, cited as the foremost example of the bird category of beings.
the birds [are those] beginning with Garuḍa,