Gārutmata
Gārutmata · gārutmata, “the emerald, the stone of Garuḍa”
Grammar: neuter noun, from Garutmān, a name of Garuḍa: “belonging to Garuḍa”.
Meaning: the emerald, the green stone.
In the scriptures: in the Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, a vrata of the months is kept in Mārgaśīrsha with the worship of Sūrya and the gift of gārutmata to brāhmaṇas. The pāpa that a woman or man did in middle age is destroyed; Paramātmā himself has said this (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 116).
In the great mountain gifts of the Uttara Parva, the central Meru of grain is adorned on its west with gārutmata and blue sapphire (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 195). In the gift of the Ratnācala, the mountain of gems, the northern mountain Supārśva is of padmarāga with gārutmata (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 202–203).
Related terms: Garuḍa · Padmarāga · Ratna · Dāna
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 116; Uttara Parva, Chapters 195, 202–203