A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1846
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1846
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c5.1846
TIMIN, TIMIN-GILA. The Timin is a large fabulous fish. The Timin-gila, ‘swallower of the Timin,’ is a still larger one; and there is one yet larger, the Timin-gila-gila or Timi-timin-gila, ‘swallower of the Timin-gila.’ *Cf.* the Arabic Tinnīn, sea-serpent. It is also called Samudrāru.