garuqa
garuqa/ m. (√ 2. gF , Uṇ. iv, 155 , ‘devourer’, because Garuḍa was perhaps originally identified with the all-consuming fire of the sun's rays), N. of a mythical bird (chief of the feathered race, enemy of the serpent-race [ cf. RTL. p. 321 ], vehicle of Viṣṇu [ cf. RTL. pp. 65 ; 104; 288], son of Kaśyapa and Vinatā ; shortly after his birth he frightened the gods by his brilliant lustre; they supposed him to be Agni , and requested his protection; when they discovered that he was Garuḍa , they praised him as the highest being, and called him fire and sun, MBh. i, 1239 ff. ; Aruṇa , the charioteer of the sun or the personified dawn, is said to be the elder [or younger, cf. RTL. p. 104 ] brother of Garuḍa ; Svāhā , the wife of Agni , takes the shape of a female Garuḍī = suparRI , MBh. iii, 14307 and 14343 ), Suparṇ. ; TĀr. x, 1, 6 ; MBh. &c.