Garuda

Summary

Garuda is a legendary bird^[1]. Garuda ranks in the top 4% of legendary_bird entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,507 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Garuda's father was Kashyapa^[3].
• Garuda's mother was Vinatā^[4].
• Garuda is recorded as male^[5].
• Garuda's instance of is recorded as legendary bird^[6].
• Garuda's instance of is recorded as Hindu deity^[7].
• Garuda's instance of is recorded as Characters in the Ramayana^[8].
• Garuda's Commons category is recorded as Garuda^[9].
• Garuda's said to be the same as is recorded as Simurgh^[10].
• Garuda's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Garuda^[11].
• Garuda's worshipped by is recorded as Vaishnavism^[12].
• Garuda's worshipped by is recorded as Hinduism^[13].
• Garuda's facet of is recorded as Hinduism^[14].
• Garuda's facet of is recorded as Buddhism^[15].
• Garuda's facet of is recorded as Jainism^[16].
• Garuda's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon^[17].
• Garuda's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Garuda's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• Garuda's present in work is recorded as Ramayana^[20].
• Garuda's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'गरुड'}^[21].
• Garuda's different from is recorded as Ruda^[22].
• Garuda's sibling is recorded as Aruṇa^[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include legendary bird^[6], Hindu deity^[7], and Characters in the Ramayana^[8].

Influence

Things named for Garuda include Garuda Indonesia^[24], an airline^[25], in Indonesia^[26], founded in 1947^[27], headquartered in Soekarno–Hatta International Airport^[28] and Garuda OS^[29], a Linux distribution^[30], founded in 2020^[31].

Why It Matters

Garuda ranks in the top 4% of legendary_bird entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,507 views/month).^[2] Garuda has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Garuda is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Garuda include Garuda Indonesia^[24], an airline^[25], in Indonesia^[26], founded in 1947^[27], headquartered in Soekarno–Hatta International Airport^[28] and Garuda OS^[29], a Linux distribution^[30], founded in 2020^[31].

FAQs

Who were Garuda's parents?

Garuda's father was Kashyapa^[3]. Garuda's mother was Vinatā^[4].