Saṃpāti
mythological figure · 1 work · 8 mentions · 22 anchored passages
king of vultures · elder brother of Jaṭāyu · Sampati · full brother of the king of vultures · the vulture Saṃpāti
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
A vulture, brother of Jaṭāyus, whose words prompt Hanumān's leap across the ocean.
Then, by the words of the vulture Saṃpāti, the mighty Hanūmān leapt across the salt ocean, a hundred leagues in breadth.
The giving of the signet ring, the sight of the cave of the bears, the sitting in fast unto death, and the appearance of Saṃpāti —
"From that Aruṇa I was born, and Saṃpāti is my elder brother.