Garuda

prusaprinters

<p><strong>Garuda</strong> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>: गरुड Garuḍa; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81li">Pāli</a>: गरुळ Garuḷa), also <strong>Galon</strong> or <strong>Nan Belu</strong> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_language">Burmese</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karura">Karura</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language">Japanese</a>, is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_creature">legendary</a> bird or bird-like creature in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_mythology">Hindu</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_mythology">Buddhist</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain">Jain</a> faith.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda#cite_note-Lopez314-1">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda#cite_note-Dalal2010p145-3">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda#cite_note-Glasenapp1999p532-4">[4]</a> He is variously the vehicle mount (<i>vahana</i>) of the Hindu god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu">Vishnu</a>, a dharma-protector and Astasena or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Legions">Eight Legions</a> in Buddhism, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaksha">Yaksha</a> of the Jain Tirthankara <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantinatha">Shantinatha</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda#cite_note-Dalal2010p145-3">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda#cite_note-Glasenapp1999p532-4">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda#cite_note-5">[5]</a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahminy_kite">Brahminy kite</a> is considered as the contemporary representation of Garuda. He is younger brother of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruna_(Hinduism)">Aruna</a>, the charioteer of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_God">Sun</a>.</p>