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garuda|ˈgærədə|
Also Garuda, Garuṛa.
[Skr. garuḍá.]
a. In Indian mythology, the name of a fabulous bird, half-eagle, half-man, ridden by the god Vishnu.
b. The eagle in the official seal of Indonesia.
1882M. Lockwood tr. Lenormant's Beginnings Hist. (1883) ii. 89 There is a singular analogy between these symbolic beings and the Garuda, or rather Garudas, of the Aryans of India, genii, half men and half eagles. 1924E. Best Maori II. xxi. 574 The myth and representations of Vishnu and the two garuda birds that represent the powers of Good and Evil. 1952W. D. P. Hill Holy Lake of Acts of Räma 510 Garuṛa..has the head, wings, talons and beak of an eagle or vulture and the body and limbs of a man. 1964Telegraph (Brisbane) 19 Nov. 8 (heading) Cage me a garuda! Ibid., The mythical garuda bird, Indonesia's national emblem. |