A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.996

c5.996

MADA. ‘Intoxication.’ Described in the Mahā-bhārata as “a fearful open-mouthed monster, created by the sage Chyavana, having teeth and grinders of portentous length, and jaws one of which enclosed the earth and the other the sky,” who got Indra and the other gods into his jaws “like fishes in the mouth of a sea monster.”