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  2. Suparṇākhyāna - Wikipedia

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    Relief depicting a portable Garuda pillar, one of the oldest images of Garuda, Bharhut, 100 BCE. [2]The Suparṇākhyāna, also known as the Suparṇādhyāya (meaning "Chapter of the Bird"), is a short epic poem or cycle of ballads in Sanskrit about the divine bird Garuda, believed to date from the late Vedic period.

  3. Garuda Palace - Wikipedia

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    The Garuda sheath is 77 m (253 ft) in height and 177 m (581 ft) in wingspan. The sheath consisted of 4,650 copper bars, each weighing 300 kg (660 lb), arranged in the shape of a flying Garuda. The palace is considered an architectural and construction marvel exhibiting Indonesian capability in art, science, and technology.

  4. Garuda - Wikipedia

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    Garuda is mentioned in several other texts such as the Puranas and the Vedas. Garuda is described as the king of the birds and a kite-like figure. [7] [8] He is shown either in a zoomorphic form (a giant bird with partially open wings) or an anthropomorphic form (a man with wings and some ornithic features). Garuda is generally portrayed as a ...

  5. Heliodorus pillar - Wikipedia

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    The Garuda capital of the Heliodorus pillar has not been found in the surveys, but it has been suggested that it had already been excavated by Cunningham, who was unaware of the Garuda attribution of the pillar, and that the remains of this Garuda capital were transferred to the Gwalior Museum together with the other artefacts initially ...

  6. List of open-access journals - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of open-access journals by field. The list contains notable journals which have a policy of full open access. It does not include delayed open access journals, hybrid open access journals, or related collections or indexing services.

  7. National emblem of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    At that time, the Rajawali Garuda Pancasila was still "bald" without crest crowning its head like current version. President Sukarno introduced the national emblem of Indonesia to the public at Hotel Des Indes, Jakarta, on 15 February 1950. Sukarno continued to improve the design of Garuda Pancasila. On 20 March 1950, Sukarno ordered the palace ...

  8. Garuda Purana - Wikipedia

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    The text of the Garuda Purana revolves around the god Vishnu, as recited by Garuda. Above: Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda (Delhi National Museum). The Garuda Purana is a Vaishnava Purana and has, according to the tradition, 19,000 shlokas (verses). [3] However, the manuscripts that have survived into the modern era have preserved about 8,000 ...

  9. Bhinneka Tunggal Ika - Wikipedia

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    The motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika was later incorporated into the state emblem, the Garuda Pancasila. Reporting from the Directorate General of Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, the state symbol was designed by Sultan Hamid II and announced to the public on 15 February 1950.