Garuda
गरुड garuḍaThe great eagle, king of birds, mount (vahana) of Vishnu and sworn enemy of the nagas (serpents); his birth and the winning of his mother's freedom open the Mahabharata's first book.
Where this term appears
- How to Read a Murti Deities
The bull Nandi means Shiva; the great eagle Garuda means Vishnu; a lion or tiger means Durga, the warrior Goddess; the swan or wild goose, the hamsa , means Saraswati and Brahma; the mouse means Ganesha; the pe…
- The Navagraha: The Nine Planetary Powers Deities
Aruna is the elder brother of Garuda, and the story is told in the Mahabharata .
- Who is Krishna? Deities
Its Brahmi inscription, in Prakrit, records that the column is a Garuda-dhvaja , a standard topped with Garuda, the eagle mount associated with Vishnu and Vasudeva, and that it was set up by Heliodorus , son of…
- Who is Vishnu? Deities
The Matsya, Garuda, and other Puranas each carry their own versions.
- Eighty-five titles and no text: the Saura tantras and how a tradition disappears Lineages
It listed twenty-eight Siddhanta tantras, twenty-eight Garuda tantras, twenty Bhuta tantras, twenty-four Dakshina and twenty-four Vama tantras, and sixty-four of what it called the circle of Sadashiva.
- The Pāñcarātra Saṃhitās Lineages
…mon Era by Heliodorus, a Greek ambassador who had become a devotee, a Garuda-pillar to Vāsudeva, "the god of gods." The Nārāyaṇīya , a section of the Mahābhārata 's book of peace, already carries the vyūha name…
- The Vishnu Sahasranama Worship
Other thousand-name hymns to Vishnu survive in the Padma Purana , the Skanda Purana , and the Garuda Purana , each with its own list.
- What are the Puranas? Scriptures
…vishya, Brahmavaivarta, Linga, Varaha, Skanda, Vamana, Kurma, Matsya, Garuda, and Brahmanda Puranas.