A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.183

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⁵²⁸ Cf. Su.Sū.46.85. The camel found predominantly in India is the single-humped dromedary, Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus. The two-humped Bactrian camel, Camelus ferus bactrianus Przewalski, is rare, but it is referred to as dvikakuda at Ca.Ci.14.207; Hemacandra mentions the dvikakud in his Abhidhānacintāmaṇi (4.320). See on the camel in India: E. Balfour (1967): I, 556–557; P.K. Gode (1958a); V.S. Srivastava (1981); G. Watt II, 50–64; WIRM III (rev. ed.), 87–96.