[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.40 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.40 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.40 - **Language:** English ### [c5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.40) AHI. A serpent. A name of Vritra, the Vedic demon of drought: but Ahi and Vritra are sometimes “distinct, and mean, most probably, differently formed clouds.”—Wilson. - [Previous: c5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.39) - [Next: c5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.41) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.40) · Pramāṇa