Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.210.1

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(3) Garuḍa had married the four daughters of Dakṣaprajāpati. (Bhāgavata, 6th Skandha). (4) He had a son named Kapota. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 101), (5) During the Rāma-Rāvaṇa war Lakṣmaṇa, Sugrīva and all the monkeys swooned hit by the nāgāstra of Indrajit. Śrī Rāma then thought of Garuḍa, who at once came down on earth and bit away the nāgapāśa. (Kamba Rāmāyaṇa Yuddhakāṇḍa). (6) Garuḍa was present at the birth-day celebrations of Arjuna. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 122, Verse 50). (7) At the birth of Subrahmaṇya Garuḍa submitted his own son, Mayūra, as a present. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 86, Verse 21). 20) Synonyms for Garuḍa. Garutmān Garuḍas Tārkṣyo Vainateyaḥ Khageśvaraḥ/ Nāgāntako Viṣnurathaḥ Suparṇaḥ Pannagāsanaḥ. // (Garutmān, Garuḍa, Tārkṣya, Vainateya, Khageśvara, Nāgāntaka, Viṣnuratha, Suparṇa, Pannagāsana. (Amarakośa). 21) Names used in the Mahābhārata to represent Garuḍa. Aruṇānuja, Bhujagāri, Garutmān, Kāśyapeya, Khagarāt, Pakṣirāja, Patagapati, Patageśvara, Suparṇa, Tārkṣya, Vainateya, Vinatānandavardhana, Vinatāsūnu, Vinatāsuta, Vinatātmaja. (For story regarding how Garuḍa stopped eating nāgas see under Jimūtavāhana). GARUḌAPURĀṆA. One of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas. This is believed to be a narration to Garuḍa by Mahāviṣṇu. There are eight thousand ślokas in it. There is an opinion that only the Tārkṣyakalpa is of Viṣṇu. The theme of the Purāṇa is the birth of Garuḍa from Brahmāṇḍa.