Ahalyā Maitreyī is practically a mythical name, the exist- ence of the lady whose story is alluded to in several Brāhmaṇas1 being derived from the epithet of Indra, ‘lover of Ahalyā’ (ahalyāyai jāra). [Footnote] 1) Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, iii. 3, 4, 18; Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa, ii. 79; Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, i. 1.