king of birds

pata-ga

the sky-flying luminary i.e. the sun MBh. ;
N. of one of the 5 fires in the Svadhākāra Hariv. ;
- pati m. « lord of birds»
N. of Garuḍa Mṛicch. ;
- pannaga m. pl. birds andﾠ serpents R. ;
- rāja m. « king of birds»
N. of Garuḍa BhP. ;
- vara m. « chief of birds»
N. of Jaṭāyu R. ;
- gêṡvara m. « lord of birds»
N. of Garuḍa ( MBh.) orﾠ Jaṭāyu ( R.);
- gôraga m. pl. bird andﾠ snake deities Mn. VII, 23.

viha-ga

m. « sky-goer», a bird MBh. Kāv. etc.;
an arrow MBh. VII, 9021 ;
the sun L. ;
the moon L. ;
a planet L. ;
a partic. configuration of stars (when all the planets are situated in the 4th andﾠ 10th houses) VarBṛS. ;
- pati m. « king of birds»
N. of Garuḍa Kāv. ;
- vega m. « having the swiftness of a bird»
N. of a Vidyā-dhara Bālar. ;
-gâ̱dhipa m. (= - pati) L. ;
-gâ̱laya m. « abode of birds» the air, sky R. ;
- gêndra ( vihá-) m. (= - pati), Supraṇ.;
(- dra-saṉhitā f. - sampāta m. N. of Tāntric wks.);
- gôpaghushṭa mfn. resonant with birds MW.

נֶשֶׁרII m. (v. נָשַׁר Pi.) eagle. Ḥag.13b מלך שבעופות נ׳ the king of birds is the eagle. Ḥull.60b sq. (ref. to Lev. 11:13) נ׳ מה נ׳וכ׳ the text specifies the eagle to intimate, as the eagle has no additional toe …, so all birds like him are unclean. Y.Peah I, 15d top נ׳ שהוא רחמן the eagle who is kind (to his young ones); Yalk. Prov. 963. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2; a. fr.Snh.12a (in a secret letter) ותפשו נ׳ and the eagle (Roman) caught them (the messengers, v. נְצִיב).Pl. נְשָׁרִים. Ib. 92b עושה להם כנפים כנ׳וכ׳ he shall give them (the righteous) wings like those of the eagles, and they shall soar ; a. e.

נֶשֶׁרII m. (v. נָשַׁר Pi.) eagle. Ḥag.13b מלך שבעופות נ׳ the king of birds is the eagle. Ḥull.60b sq. (ref. to Lev. 11:13) נ׳ מה נ׳וכ׳ the text specifies the eagle to intimate, as the eagle has no additional toe …, so all birds like him are unclean. Y.Peah I, 15d top נ׳ שהוא רחמן the eagle who is kind (to his young ones); Yalk. Prov. 963. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2; a. fr.Snh.12a (in a secret letter) ותפשו נ׳ and the eagle (Roman) caught them (the messengers, v. נְצִיב).Pl. נְשָׁרִים. Ib. 92b עושה להם כנפים כנ׳וכ׳ he shall give them (the righteous) wings like those of the eagles, and they shall soar ; a. e.

dvi-já-rāja

the moon;
N. of a Brāhman, Ṡrikaṇṭh. ;
N. nf Garuḍa (king of birds) L. ;
of Ananta (serpent-king) L. ;
camphor L. ;
- jódaya m. N. of wk.

vi-rāj

to be illustrious orﾠ eminent, shine forth, shine out (abl.), glitter ChUp. Mn. MBh. etc.;
to appear as (nom.) MBh.:
Caus. - rājayati, (rarely - te) cause to shine forth, give radiance orﾠ lustre, brighten, illuminate MBh. R. etc.
vi-rā́j

mfn. a ruler, chief. king orﾠ queen (applied to Agni, Sarasvatī, the Sun etc.) ib. AV. VS. Br. MBh. ;
f. excellence, pre-eminence, high rank, dignity, majesty TS. Br. ṠrS. ;
m. orﾠ f. the first progeny of Brahmā. (according to Mn. I, 32 etc..,
Brahmā. having divided his own substance into male andﾠ female, produced from the female the male power Virāj, who then produced the first Manu orﾠ Manu Svāyambhuva, who then created the ten Prajā-patis;
the BhP. states that the male half of Brahmā. was Manu, andﾠ the other half Ṡata-rūpā, andﾠ does not allude to the intervention of Virāj;
other Purāṇas describe the union of Ṡata-rūpā with Virāj orﾠ Purusha in the first instance, andﾠ with Manu in the second;
Virāj as a sort of secondary creator, is sometimes identified with Prajā-pati, Brahmā., Agni, Purusha, andﾠ later with Vishṇu orﾠ Kṛishṇa, while in RV. X, 90,
he is represented as born from Purusha, andﾠ Purusha from him;
in the AV. VIII, 10, 24; XI, 8, 30, ;
Virāj is spoken of as a female, andﾠ regarded as a cow;
being elsewhere, however, identified with Prâṇa) IW. 22 etc.. ;
(in Vedānta) N. of the Supreme Intellect located in a supposed aggregate of gross bodies (= vaiṡvānara, q.v.), Vedantas. ;
m. a warrior (= kshatriya) MBh. BhP. ;
the body MW. ;
a partic. Ekâha PañcavBr. Vait. ;
N. of a son of Priya-vrata andﾠ Kāmyā Hariv. ;
of a son of Nara VP. ;
of Buddha L. ;
of a son of Rādhā MW. ;
of a district ib. ;
f. a particular Vedic metre consisting of four Pādas of ten syllables each ( andﾠ therefore alsoﾠ a symbolical N. of the number « ten» ;
in RV. X, 130, 5 this metre is represented as attaching itself to Mitra andﾠ Varuṇa, andﾠ in AitBr. I, 4 Virāj is mystically regarded as « food»,
andﾠ invocations are directed to be made in this metre when food is the especial object of prayer;
in prosody Virāj is applied to any metre defective by two syllables RPrāt.);
pl. N. of partic. bricks (40 in number) VS. ṠBr. ;
ví-rāj

1. eagle 2. harpy eagle 3. harrier eagle