▁sp elling ▁Mah ap ud ma ▁origin ates ▁as ▁a ▁mis print ▁of ▁Mah ap ad ma ▁in ▁Sri ▁A uro bind o ' s ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁ret elling ▁of ▁a ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁Mah ab har ata , ▁ ▁The ▁popular ▁rend ition ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁T urt le ▁supporting ▁one ▁or ▁several ▁World ▁Ele ph ants ▁is ▁recorded ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 9 ▁in ▁a ▁letter ▁by ▁E manual ▁de ▁Ve iga . ▁Wilhelm ▁von ▁H umb old t ▁claimed , ▁without ▁any ▁proof , ▁that ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁world - ele ph ant ▁maybe ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁confusion , ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁S ansk rit ▁n oun ▁N ā ga ▁having ▁the ▁dual ▁meaning ▁of ▁" ser pent " ▁and ▁" ele ph ant " ▁( named ▁for ▁its ▁ser pent - like ▁tr unk ), ▁thus ▁representing ▁a ▁cor rupted ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁world - ser pent . ▁ ▁See ▁World ▁T urt le ▁D ik pal as ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Ele ph ant ▁Category : H indu ▁legend ary ▁cre atures ▁Category : M yth ological ▁ele ph ants <0x0A> </s> ▁Th ir um ulla ivo yal ▁is ▁a ▁fast ▁developing ▁resident ial ▁neighbourhood ▁in ▁Chen na i ▁Metropolitan ▁Area ▁in ▁India . ▁It ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁west ▁Chen na i , ▁ ▁from ▁Amb att ur . ▁With ▁its ▁close ▁proxim ity ▁to ▁Amb att ur ▁on ▁its ▁south - east ▁and ▁Av adi ▁to ▁its ▁south - west , ▁it ▁has