Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.225
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.225
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v2.c4.s4.225
Manthāvala is the name of an animal in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa,¹ a sort of snake according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary. Sāyaṇa² understands it to be a kind of animal which hangs head downwards from the branches of trees, presumably, the flying fox.³ *Cf.* Mānthāla, Mānthilava.