• ཁྱུང་།
  • གསེར་འདབ།
  • ནམ་མཁའ་ལྡིང་།
  • ནམ་མཁའི་ལྡིང་།
  • མཁའ་ལྡིང་།
  • nam mkha’ lding
  • khyung
  • mkha’ lding
  • gser ’dab
  • nam mkha’i lding
  • garuḍa
  • suparṇa
  • Term
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In Indian mythology, the garuḍa is an eagle-like bird that is regarded as the king of all birds, normally depicted with a sharp, owl-like beak, often holding a snake, and with large and powerful wings. They are traditionally enemies of the nāgas. In the Vedas, they are said to have brought nectar from the heavens to earth. Garuḍa can also be used as a proper name for a king of such creatures.

1 Related glossary entries:

ནམ་མཁའི་ལྡིང་མོ།

  • garuḍī
  • garuḍī