Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.187
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.187
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v1.c3.187
**Aja-gara** ('goat-swallower') occurs in the Atharvaveda¹ and in the list of animals at the Aśvamedha,² or horse sacrifice, as the name of the boa-constrictor. Elsewhere³ it is called Vāhasa. It denotes a person at the snake feast in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.⁴