Vyāla

Vyāla

Grammar: masculine noun; the Telugu glosses it “snake”.

Meaning: a snake.

In the scriptures: in the Brahma Purāṇa, the munis ask Vyāsa who follows a man after death, and he teaches them that dharma alone follows him, and the births that come of each pāpa. One who torments his mother and father becomes a kokila (cuckoo). One who strikes them becomes a hawk for three years, then a vyāla for six months, and then is born a human (Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 217).

Related terms: Karma-vipāka · Pāpa · Sarpa

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 217