garuḍaḥ

Dictionary meanings for garuḍaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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garuḍaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[garudbhyāṃ ḍayate, ḍī-ḍa pṛṣoº talopaḥ; gṝ-uḍac Uṇ. 4. 166.] 1 N. of the king of birds. [He is a son of Kaśyapa by his wife Vinatā. He is the chief of the feathered race, an implacable enemy of serpents, and elder brother of Aruṇa. In a dis- pute between his mother and Kadrū, her rival, about the colour of uccaiḥśravas Kadrū defeated Vinatā, and, in accor- dance with the conditions of the wager, made her her slave....

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