[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.187 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.187 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.187 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v1.c3.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.186) - [Next: v1.c3.188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.188) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.187) · Pramāṇa