Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.s1.22
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.s1.22
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Suparṇa, the Eagle which is the same as Garuḍa, being the symbol of Sūrya, Time, Saṃvatsara, Agni and for the matter of that of each god associated with movement. The universal spirit is Suparṇa or Eagle and its individual counterpart on earth is a Quail. The former dives at the latter to hold it in its clutches. The Garuḍa-Nāga motif of art is an extension of the Suparṇa myth. In the Ṛigveda we read of one, two, three or many Suparṇas.