As a deity name
Name 776 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a building shaped like Garuḍa
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "garuḍāya" is the dative of "garuḍa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
garuḍa m. (√ 2. gṝ, Uṇ. iv, 155, ‘devourer’, because Garuḍa was perhaps originally identified with the all-consuming fire of the sun's rays), N. of a mythical bird (chief of the feathered race, enemy of the serpent-race [cf. RTL. p. 321], vehicle of Viṣṇu [cf. RTL. pp. 65; 104; 288], son of Kaśyapa and Vinatā; shortly after his birth he frightened the gods by his brilliant lustre; they supposed him to be Agni, and requested his protection; when they discovered that he was Garuḍa, they praised him as the highest being, and called him fire and sun, MBh. i, 1239 ff.; Aruṇa, the charioteer of the sun or the personified dawn, is said to be the elder [or younger, cf. RTL. p. 104] brother of Garuḍa; Svāhā, the wife of Agni, takes the shape of a female Garuḍī = suparṇī, MBh. iii, 14307 and 14343), Suparṇ.; TĀr. x, 1, 6; MBh. &c.
a building shaped like Garuḍa, R.; VarBṛS.
Alternative readings
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