tā́rkṣya m. N. of a mythical being (originally described as a horse with the epithet áriṣṭa-nemi [[RV. i, 89, 6]; [x, 178, 1]; [Naigh. i, 14]; [Kauś. 73]], later on taken to be a bird [[RV. v, 51], interpol.; [ĀśvŚr. x, 7]] and identified with Garuḍa [[MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.] or called his elder brother [[L.]] or father [[BhP. vi, 6, 2] and [21]; see also -putra]; mentioned with Ariṣṭa-nemi, [VS. xv, 18]; with Ariṣṭa-nemi, Garuḍa, Aruṇa and Āruṇi as offspring of Kaśyapa by Vinatā, [MBh. i, 2548] and [4830]; [Hariv. 12468] and [14175]; called a Yakṣa, [VP. ii, 10, 13]; a Muni with the N. Ariṣṭa-nemi, [MBh. iii, 12660] and [12665]; [xii, 10615]; pl. a class of demi-gods grouped with the Gandharvas, Yakṣas, and Cāraṇas, [R. i, 16, 9])
N. of the hymn, [RV. x, 178] (ascribed to Tārkṣya Ariṣṭanemi), [ĀśvŚr. ix]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. xi f.]; [Lāṭy. i]