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3.50 Pakṣirāja-Ketu : Vişnu with Garuda as his symbol
or sign or mark. Pakṣirāja, the king of birds i.e. Garuda is represented as the vehicle of Vişnu and as having a white face, an aquiline nose, red wings and a golden body. He is an implacable enemy of serpents. Garuda is said to be 'a mythical bird or vulture, half-man,
half-bird, on which Vișnu rides.' 3.63 Bala (or Balbhadra or Baladeva or Balrāma) is the
name of the elder brother of Kșsna. Raukmiņeya : Decendant of Rukmini, name of Pradyumna. 'Rukmini bore to Krsna a son named Pradyumna'. Kệtavarman : See above (2.15)
Sātyaki : See above (2.15) 4.12 Bimboșthyaḥ : Women having lips as ruddy or cherry
as the bimba fruit. 4.34 Prādyumni : a patronymic from Pradyumna, name
of Aniruddha. 4.56 Atri-netra-samuttha : Atri is the name of a great
sage who is the author of a number of Vedic hymns. In the Purānas the moon is described as produced by Atri's look. Hence the moon has many names and descriptive epithets as Atri - netraja, - dřg-ja, - prasūta, -netra - prabhava, - netra - sūta or - netra bhū - mas. 'Produced by Atri's look', the moon.
Trinetra : 'Three-eyed', Śiva; tri-nayanaḥ, - netrah, - locanaḥ are all epithets of Śiva.
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