[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) › v2.c4.s4.225 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.225 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.225 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.224) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.226) - [Up: v2.c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.225) · Pramāṇa