Timiṅgila
Timiṅgila · timi-gila, “the swallower of the timi”
Grammar: masculine noun; a compound of timi (a great fish) and gila (one who swallows): “the swallower of the timi”.
Meaning: a great creature of the ocean, greater than the timi.
In the scriptures: in the Brahma Purāṇa, Sūta tells the munis how the thousand-armed Kārtavīryārjuna, at play, stirred the ocean with his arms: the great asuras of Pātāla hid crouching in it, the great waves were shattered, and the great fish, the timiṅgilas and the other water creatures were shaken (Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13). Brahmā tells the munis how King Indradyumna set out from Ujjayinī to serve Hari and came to the shore of the southern ocean: full of many gems, crowded with timi, timiṅgila and many other creatures, very deep, pure and auspicious, the best of all tīrthas and the chief of all the puṇya rivers. Seeing it, the king was filled with wonder and camped on its shore (Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 44).
Related terms: Timi · Samudra · Matsya
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 13, 44