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Tarkshya
Sign in to save'''''''' is the name of a mythical being in the Rigveda, described as a horse with the epithet áriṣṭa-nemi'' "with intact wheel-rims" (RV 1.89.6, RV 10.178.1), but alternatively taken to be a bird (RV 5.51) and later identified with Garuda (Mahabharata, Harivamsha) or Garuda's father (Bhagavata Purana 6.6.2, 21), counted among the offspring of Kashyapa in Mahabharata 1.2548, 4830 and 12468.
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