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Garuda en el Museo Nacional de Nueva Delhi, India .
Devanagariगरुड़
Transliteración sánscritaGaruḍa
Afiliación
Informacion personal
PadresKashyapa y Vinata
HermanosAruṇa
CónyugeUnnati [2]

Garuda ( sánscrito : गरुड Garuḍa ; Pāli : गरुळ Garuḷa ), también Galon o Nan Belu en birmano y Karura en japonés, es un pájaro legendario o una criatura parecida a un pájaro en la fe hindú , budista y jainista . [1] [3] [4] Varias veces es el vehículo de montaje ( vahana ) del dios hindú Vishnu , un protector del dharma y Astasena en el budismo, y el Yaksha del Jain Tirthankara Shantinatha . [3] [4][5] La cometa Brahminy se considera la representación contemporánea de Garuda.

Garuda es descrito como el rey de los pájaros y una figura parecida a una cometa . [6] [7] Se le muestra en forma zoomorfa (pájaro gigante con alas parcialmente abiertas) o en forma antropomórfica (hombre con alas y algunas características de pájaro). Garuda es generalmente un protector con el poder de ir rápidamente a cualquier lugar, siempre alerta y enemigo de la serpiente. [1] [7] [8] También se le conoce como Tarkshya y Vynateya . [9]

Garuda es parte de las insignias estatales en India, Tailandia e Indonesia. El escudo de armas oficial de Indonesia se centra en el Garuda. El emblema nacional de Indonesia se llama Garuda Pancasila . La Fuerza Aérea de la India también usa el Garuda en su escudo de armas y nombró a su unidad de operaciones especiales como Garud Commando Force . [10] A menudo se asocia con la cigüeña ayudante mayor (Leptoptilos dubius) . [11] [12]

Hinduismo [ editar ]

Garuda puede mostrarse como una cometa (izquierda, pintura de Raja Ravi Varma ) o un ser semi humano que lleva a Vishnu (derecha, c. 1725 pintura de las colinas de Punjab ). [7] [8]

En el hinduismo , Garuda es un pájaro solar divino parecido a un águila y el rey de los pájaros. [6] Un Garutman se menciona en el Rigveda que se describe como celeste Deva con alas. [13] [14] El Shatapatha Brahmana incrustado en el texto de Yajurveda menciona a Garuda como la personificación del coraje. En el Mahabharata , se dice que Garutman es el mismo que Garuda, luego se describe como el que es rápido, que puede cambiar de forma y entrar en cualquier lugar. [13]Es una criatura poderosa en las epopeyas, cuyo batir de alas puede detener el giro del cielo, la tierra y el infierno. Se le describe como el vehículo de montaje del dios hindú Vishnu , y normalmente se muestran juntos. [13]

Según George Williams, Garuda tiene sus raíces en el verbo gri , o hablar. [14] Es una metáfora en la literatura védica de Rik (ritmos), Saman (sonidos), Yajna (sacrificios) y el atman (Ser, nivel más profundo de conciencia). En los Puranas, afirma Williams, Garuda se convierte en una encarnación literal de la idea y del Ser que está apegado e inseparable del Ser Supremo (Vishnu). [14] [15] Aunque Garuda es una parte esencial de la mitología vaishnavismo , también ocupa un lugar destacado en la mitología Shaivism , textos de Shaiva como el Garuda Tantra yKirana Tantra y los templos de Shiva como pájaro y como metáfora del atman . [15] [16] [17]

Iconografía [ editar ]

Relieve que representa un pilar portátil de Garuda, una de las imágenes más antiguas de Garuda, Bharhut , 100 a. C. [18]

Los textos hindúes sobre la iconografía de Garuda varían en sus detalles. Si está en forma de pájaro, es como un águila, típicamente con las alas ligeramente abiertas como si estuviera listo y dispuesto a volar a donde lo necesite. [7] En parte con forma humana, puede tener una nariz, pico o patas como de águila, sus ojos son abiertos y grandes, su cuerpo es del color de la esmeralda y sus alas son de color amarillo dorado. Se le puede mostrar con dos o cuatro manos. [7] Si no lleva a Vishnu, sostiene un frasco de amrita (néctar de la inmortalidad) en una mano en la parte trasera y un paraguas en la otra, mientras que el par de manos delanteras están en postura anjali ( namaste ). Si lleva a Vishnu, las manos traseras brindan apoyo a los pies de Vishnu. [7] [8]

Según el texto Silparatna , afirma Rao, Garuda se representa mejor con sólo dos manos y con cuatro bandas de colores: "color amarillo dorado desde los pies hasta las rodillas, blanco desde las rodillas hasta el ombligo, escarlata desde el ombligo hasta el cuello y negro por encima de la cuello". Sus manos, recomienda el texto, deben estar en postura abhaya (nada que temer). [7] En el texto de Sritatvanidhi , la iconografía recomendada para Garuda es una figura arrodillada, que lleva una o más serpientes, un pico de pájaro puntiagudo como nariz, sus dos manos en postura namaste . Este estilo se encuentra comúnmente en los templos hindúes dedicados a Vishnu. [7]

In some iconography, Garuda carries Lord Vishnu and his two consorts by his side: Lakshmi(Thirumagal) and Bhūmi (Bhuma-Devi).[9][19][circular reference]

Garuda iconography is found in early temples of India, such as on the underside of the eave at Cave 3 entrance of the Badami cave temples (6th-century).[7][20]

Mythology[edit]

Garuda is found in Vishnu temples; Above: in Belur, India.

Garuda's mythology is linked to that of Aruna – the charioteer of Surya (The Hindu Sun god). However, these Indian mythologies are inconsistent across texts. Both Aruna and Garuda developed from an egg. According to one version related by George Williams, Kashyapa Prajapati's two wives Vinata and Kadru wanted to have children, and Kashyapa granted each of them a boon.[21] Kadru asked for one thousand Nāga sons, while Vinata asked for just two, but each an equal to all of Kadru's thousand sons. Kashyapa blessed them, and then retreated to a forest to meditate. Later, Kadru gave birth to one thousand eggs, while Vinata gave birth to two eggs. After incubating them for five hundred years, Kadru's eggs hatched and out came her 1,000 sons. Vinata, eager for her own sons, impatiently broke one of her eggs. From this egg emerged the partially formed Aruna, looking radiant and reddish as the morning sun - but not as bright as the midday sun as he was promised to be.[21][22] Aruna chided his mother, Vinata for her impatience, and warned her to not break open the second egg, cursing her to be a slave until his brother rescued her. Aruna then left to become the charioteer of Surya, the sun god.

Balinese wooden statue of Vishnu riding Garuda, Purna Bhakti Pertiwi Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Vinata waited, and after many years the second egg hatched, and Garuda was born. After losing a bet to Kadru through trickery, Vinata was forced to become her slave. Garuda later on asked his brothers to free his mother from her slavery, to which they demanded Amrita from heaven. Garuda waged a war against gods with his extraordinary might and abilities beyond thinking, and defeated all of them, including Indra. He then took Indra's nectar vessel and flew back to earth. Vishnu then came to Garuda, and asked him to be his ride, to which he agreed. Indra requested that Garuda not give the Amrita to the Nagas though, as it would bring great trouble later, so they forged a plan. Upon reaching his brothers Garuda placed the vessel before them, and asked them to first purify themselves before drinking. Meanwhile, Jayanta (the son of Indra) stole the vessel back. On returning, the nagas were all devoured by Garuda.[21][23]

Some myths present Garuda as so massive that he can block out the sun.[24] The text Garuda Purana is named after him.[25]

Garuda is presented in the Mahabharata mythology as one who eats snake meat, such as the story about him planning to kill and eat Sumukha snake, where Indra intervenes. Garuda in anger, vaunt about his feats and compares himself to Indra's equal. Vishnu teaches lesson to Garuda and cured his pride on might.[26] Garudas are also a race of birds who devour snakes in the epic.[26]

The Suparṇākhyāna, a late Vedic period poem considered to be among the "earliest traces of epic poetry in India," relates the legend of Garuda, and provides the basis for a later, expanded version which appears within the Mahābhārata.[27][28]

Symbolism[edit]

Garuda's links to Vishnu – the Hindu god who fights injustice and destroys evil in his various avatars to preserve dharma, has made him an iconic symbol of king's duty and power, an insignia of royalty or dharma. His eagle-like form is shown either alone or with Vishnu, signifying divine approval of the power of the state.[14] He is found on the faces of many early Hindu kingdom coins with this symbolism, either as a single-headed bird or a three-headed bird that watches all sides.[29]

Throughout the Mahabharata, Garuda is invoked as a symbol of impetuous violent force, speed, and martial prowess. Powerful warriors advancing rapidly on doomed foes are likened to Garuda swooping down on a serpent. Defeated warriors are like snakes beaten down by Garuda. The Mahabharata character Drona uses a military formation named after Garuda. Krishna even carries the image of Garuda on his banner.[citation needed]

Buddhism[edit]

Garuda vanquishing the Naga clan, a Gandhara artwork, 2nd century CE.

Garuda, also referred to as Garula, are golden-winged birds in Buddhist texts. Under the Buddhist concept of saṃsāra, they are one of the Aṣṭagatyaḥ, the eight classes of inhuman beings. In Buddhist art, they are shown as sitting and listening to the sermons of the Buddha.[1] They are enemies of the Nāgas (snakes) and are sometimes depicted with a serpent held between their claws. Like the Hindu art, both zoomorphic (giant eagle-like bird) and partially anthropomorphic (part bird, part human) iconography is common across Buddhist traditions.[1]

Garuda in Koh Ker style. Made of sandstone, this statue is from the first half of 10th century, (Angkor period). On display at the National Museum of Cambodia.

In Buddhism, the Garuda (Sanskrit; Pāli: garuḷā) are enormous predatory birds with a wingspan of 330 yojanas.[1] They are described as beings with intelligence and social organization. They are also sometimes known as suparṇa (Sanskrit; Pāli: supaṇṇa), meaning "well-winged, having good wings". Like the Nāgas, they combine the characteristics of animals and divine beings, and may be considered to be among the lowest of the devas.[1] The Garudas have kings and cities, and at least some of them have the magical power of changing into human form when they wish to have dealings with people. On some occasions Garuda kings have had romances with human women in this form. Their dwellings are in groves of the simbalī, or silk-cotton tree.

Jataka stories describe them to be residents of Nagadipa or Seruma.[1]

The Garuda are enemies to the nāga, a race of intelligent serpent- or dragon-like beings, whom they hunt. The Garudas at one time caught the nāgas by seizing them by their heads; but the nāgas learned that by swallowing large stones, they could make themselves too heavy to be carried by the Garudas, wearing them out and killing them from exhaustion. This secret was divulged to one of the Garudas by the ascetic Karambiya, who taught him how to seize a nāga by the tail and force him to vomit up his stone (Pandara Jātaka, J.518).

The Garudas were among the beings appointed by Śakra to guard Mount Sumeru and the Trāyastriṃśa heaven from the attacks of the asuras.

13th century Cham sculpture depicts Garuda devouring a nāga serpent.

In the Maha-samaya Sutta (Digha Nikaya 20), the Buddha is shown making temporary peace between the Nagas and the Garudas.

In the Qing Dynasty fiction The Story of Yue Fei (1684), Garuda sits at the head of the Buddha's throne. But when a celestial bat (an embodiment of the Aquarius constellation) flatulates during the Buddha's expounding of the Lotus Sutra, Garuda kills her and is exiled from paradise. He is later reborn as Song Dynasty General Yue Fei. The bat is reborn as Lady Wang, wife of the traitor Prime Minister Qin Hui, and is instrumental in formulating the "Eastern Window" plot that leads to Yue's eventual political execution.[30] The Story of Yue Fei plays on the legendary animosity between Garuda and the Nagas when the celestial bird-born Yue Fei defeats a magic serpent who transforms into the unearthly spear he uses throughout his military career.[31] Literary critic C. T. Hsia explains the reason why Qian Cai, the book's author, linked Yue with Garuda is because of the homology in their Chinese names. Yue Fei's courtesy name is Pengju (鵬舉).[32] A Peng (鵬) is a giant mythological bird likened to the Middle Eastern Roc.[33] Garuda's Chinese name is Great Peng, the Golden-Winged Illumination King (大鵬金翅明王).[32]

Jainism[edit]

The Garuda is a yaksha or guardian for Shantinatha in Jain iconography and mythology.[3][4] Jain iconography shows Garuda as a human figure with wings and a strand-circle.[34]

As a cultural and national symbol[edit]

Garuda according to Ida Made Tlaga, a 19th-century Balinese artist.

In India, Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia the eagle symbolism is represented by Garuda, a large bird with eagle-like features that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist epic as the vahana (vehicle) of the god Vishnu. Garuda became the national emblem of Thailand and Indonesia; Thailand's Garuda is rendered in a more traditional anthropomorphic style, while that of Indonesia is rendered in heraldic style with traits similar to the real Javan hawk-eagle.

India[edit]

India primarily uses Garuda as a martial motif:

  • Garud Commando Force is a Special Forces unit of the Indian Air Force, specializing in operations deep behind enemy lines.[35]
  • Brigade of the Guards of the Indian Army uses Garuda as their symbol
  • Elite bodyguards of the medieval Hoysala kings were called Garudas
  • Kerala and Andhra pradesh state road transport corporations use Garuda as the name for a/c moffusil buses
  • Garuda rock, a rocky cliff in Tirumala in Andhra pradesh
  • The insignia of the 13th century Aragalur chief, Magadesan, included Rishabha the sacred bull and the Garuda

Cambodia[edit]

Garuda guardian sculptures (two on right side), Banteay Srei temple, Cambodia.

The word Garuda (Khmer: គ្រុឌ – " Krud ") is literally derived from Sanskrit.[36]

  • In Cambodia, Khmer architects have used the Garuda sculptures as the exquisite ornate to equip on temples, Viharas of wat and many elite houses since ancient time, especially from Khmer empire era until nowadays.
  • Garuda is also mentioned in many legendary tales as the vehicle of Vishnu and its main rival is Naga.

Indonesia[edit]

See also: Javan hawk-eagle and Brahminy kite
Balinese dancers including a man dressed as Garuda (1935).
The coat of arms of Indonesia, which utilizes a Garuda.

Indonesia uses the Garuda in a form called the Garuda Pancasila as its national symbol. It is somewhat intertwined with the concept of the Phoenix. The Garuda Pancasila is coloured black or gilded, symbolizing both the greatness of the nation and the elang Jawa (Javan hawk-eagle Nisaetus bartelsi). The black color represents nature. There are 17 feathers on each wing, 8 on the lower tail, 19 on the upper tail and 45 on the neck, which together make up the date 17 August 1945, when Indonesia proclaimed its independence. The shield it carries bears the motto Panca Sila, which symbolizes self-defense and protection in struggle.[10]

  • Garuda Indonesia - national airline of Indonesia
  • Garuda Contingent - peacekeeping force of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
  • Airlangga University, one of the oldest and leading university in Indonesia uses Garuda on its emblem. The emblem, containing a Garuda in a blue and yellow circle, is called "Garudamukha", and depicts Garuda as the bearer of knowledge, carrying a jug of Amrita, the water of eternity, symbolizing eternal knowledge.
  • In Bali and Java, the Garuda has become a cultural symbol. The wooden statue and mask of Garuda is a popular feature in artworks and souvenirs.[citation needed]
    • The tallest Garuda statue, made of copper and brass standing 75 metres (246.1 ft) tall (or 122 metres tall including the pedestal), is located in Garuda Wisnu Kencana complex in Bali.[37]
  • The stylized brush stroke that resembles Garuda appears in the logo of 2011 Southeast Asian Games, held in Palembang and Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • The stylized curves that took the form of Garuda Pancasila appears in the logo of Wonderful Indonesia tourism campaign.

China[edit]

  • In China, Garuda (Chinese: 迦楼羅 Jiālóuluó) is considered one of the Eight Legions of Devas and Nāgas. Another Chinese name for Garuda is Great Peng, the Golden-Winged Illumination King (大鵬金翅明王)
  • In some temples in the Central Plains, Garuda is also considered to be a manifestation of Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva Guanyin.

Japan[edit]

Wingless statue of Garuda or Karura in Kofukuji Temple, Nara, Japan, 8th century.
  • The Karura (迦楼羅) is a divine creature with human torso and birdlike head in Japanese Hindu-Buddhist epics.[38]
  • The name is a transliteration of Garuda (Sanskrit: Garuḍa गरुड; Pāli: Garuḷa) a race of enormously gigantic birds in Hinduism, upon which the Japanese Buddhist version is based. The same creature may go by the name of konjichō (金翅鳥, lit. "gold-winged bird", Skr. suparṇa).

Mongolia[edit]

  • The Garuda, known as Khangarid, is the symbol of the capital city of Mongolia, Ulan Bator.[39] According to popular Mongolian belief, Khangarid is the mountain spirit of the Bogd Khan Uul range who became a follower of Buddhist faith. Today he is considered the guardian of that mountain range and a symbol of courage and honesty.
  • Khangarid (Хангарьд), a football (soccer) team in the Mongolia Premier League also named after Garuda.
  • State Garuda (Улсын Гарьд) is a title given to the debut runner up in wrestling tournament during Mongolian National Festival Naadam.

Myanmar[edit]

  • In Burmese epics, which was influenced by Hindu-Buddhist beliefs, Garuda is known as Galone, the nemesis of the Nāgas.[40]

Nepal[edit]

Garuda is found in Nepalese traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism.

Sun Dhoka Golden Gate with the Goddess Taleju Bhawani[41] and Garuda, leading to the Royal Palace, Durbar Square, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bhaktapur, Nepal.

Philippines[edit]

  • The Maranao people of southern Philippines believe in a race of creatures called garuda who dwell beneath the sea. These beings are winged, have big teeth, and huge talons that can carry six men. They look like eagles when flying in the sky but transform into humans when in their lairs.[42]

Suriname[edit]

  • In Suriname, there is a radio and TV station called Radio en Televisie Garuda, which broadcasts programming from Indonesia, particularly Java, aimed at the Javanese Surinamese population.

Thailand[edit]

Garuda as the masthead of Thai royal barge.

Thailand uses the Garuda (Thai: ครุฑ, khrut) as its national symbol, known as the Phra Khrut Pha, meaning "Garuda, the vehicle (of Vishnu)," also used as the symbol of royalty.[43] It adorns the banknote of their currency - the Baht - as well.[44]

  • The Kingdom of Siam has had an image of Garuda in its coins at least since the Ayutthaya era.[44]
  • Statues and images of Garuda adorn many Buddhist temples in Thailand. It also has become a cultural symbol of Thailand.
  • The figure of Garuda is also installed as the figurehead or masthead of Thai royal barges.

United States[edit]

The Electronic Attack Squadron 134 (VAQ-134) of the United States Navy is named after and uses the Garuda Insignia.

Gallery[edit]

Insignia

  • Garuda as national symbol of Indonesia

  • Garuda as national symbol of Thailand

  • Garuda (Khangardi) as the symbol of Ulan Bator, Mongolia

Coins

  • 5th-century Gupta-era coin, Garuda with snakes in his claws

  • 6th century coin with Garuda and Vishnu's chakra and conch on side

  • A Cambodian coin during French Protection period 1853.

Temples

  • Garuda iconography at a Radha Krishna Temple in Kolkata.

  • 8th century Garuda carrying Vishnu in Aihole, Karnataka, India

  • 8th century Garuda pillar location at a Shiva temple, Masrur Temples, Himachal Pradesh India

  • King Airlangga depicted as Vishnu mounting Garuda, 11th century East Java, Indonesia

  • 12th century Cham sculpture, Viet Nam, in the Thap Mam style depicts Garuda serving as an atlas

  • The statues of Krut battling naga serpent, a Thai Buddhist adaptation of Garuda in Wat Phra Kaeo temple, Thailand.

  • 12th century bas relief at Angkor Wat in Cambodia showing Vishnu in battle mounted on Garuda

  • Head of a Garuda during the 14th century Cambodia, Honolulu Museum of Art

  • Garuda at Srivilliputur Temple, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Garuda pillar, Nepal

  • Garuda at Durbar square in Kathmandu, Nepal.

  • Garuda at the funeral of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand in 2017

Artworks

  • Garuda figure, gilt bronze, Khmer Empire Cambodia, 12th-13th century, John Young Museum, University of Hawaii at Manoa

  • Garuda returning with the vase of Amrita

  • Balinese Garuda statue at Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, Indonesia

  • Vishnu riding Garuda

  • Garuda carries Vishnu and Lakshmi

See also[edit]

  • Ababil
  • Fenghuang
  • Garid
  • Garuda in the architecture of Cambodia
  • Garudasana
  • Harpy
  • Kalaviṅka
  • Krute
  • List of avian humanoids
  • Roc
  • Simurgh
  • Sirin
  • Tengu
  • Sarutahiko Ōkami
  • Thunderbird
  • Garuda Purana

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External links[edit]

  • The Garuḍa Purana (Sâroddhâra), by Ernest Wood and S.V.Subramanyam, 1918 (Online, downloadable PDF) archive.org
  • The Garuda Purana (Wood and Subrahmanyam translation, 1911) at sacred-texts.com
  • Garuda Purana