Snakes

[Arlo Griffiths]

The article on Vedic p.rdaakusaanu- by A. Lubotsky in the most recent
issue of IIJ (47.1, spring 2004) contains some information that might
be of interest to you. It is there proposed that in Vedic tira;siraaji-
denoted the Banded Krait, and that p.rdaaku-, besides denoting the
panther, could also by extension denote Russel's viper.

Arlo Griffiths


On Jun 05, 2004, at 18:54, Stephen Hodge wrote:

> I know that fauna equivalents are not always exact, but can anybody
> tell me
> what Sanskrit names were used for these Indian venomous snakes:  the
> common
> krait, Russell's viper and the saw-scaled Viper ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Stephen Hodge
>