Garuda

GARUDA is India's Grid Computing initiative connecting 17 cities across the country. The 45 participating institutes in this nation-wide project include all the IITs and C-DAC centers and other major institutes in India.The Main Monitoring Centre also called the Garuda Monitoring and Mananagement Centre is set up at C-DAC Knowledge Park, Bangalore. From this point, the whole grid which has now extended even into Eroupe is Monitored and Managed by C-DAC's young scientists.
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The Garuda (Sanskrit: गरुड, Pāli ) is a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology.Garuda is the Hindu name for the constellation Aquila.
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Noun
1. supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu
(hypernym) Hindu deity

[Hindu] The Garuda is a golden-bodied bird recorded by the Buddhist culture. Garuda has an eagle's beak and wings, and a human body. His face is white, his wings are scarlet, and his body is golden. Garuda is possibly the oldest of the great birds. It is so large that it can blot out the sun, darkening the sky. The beneficent Garuda, also called the "Bird of Life", is the mount of Vishnu. Garuda used to be fond of daily killing and eating a snake, until a Buddhist prince taught him the value of abstinence. The penitent Garuda then brought back to life the bones of the many generations of serpents he had fed upon. Garuda is the enemy of the Nagas and the Kirata. According to the Mahabharata, the parents of the Garuda gave it permission to devour bad men, but not Brahmans.

Garuda (Sanskrit) In Hindu mythology a gigantic half-man and half-bird, born from an egg brought forth by Vinata, wife of Kasyapa, the self-born sprung from time and one of the seven emanators of the world. Symbol of the great cycle or manvantara, Garuda is also an emblem of the sun and the solar cycle. He is made coeternal with Vishnu as one aspect or manifestation of Vishnu himself, who therefore is often described as riding on Garuda as Vishnu in space and time. Garuda's son is Jatayu who in the Ramayana rushed to rescue Sita when she was carried off by Ravana, the Rakshasa king of Lanka, but was slain in the ensuing conflict.

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