A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.191

v2.c29.191

536 Cakra describes it as a very hairy kind of dog, living in the proximity of the mountains; he adds that it is the large nakula according to others. Mentioned as belonging to the guhāśayas by Dalhaṇa (ad Su.Sū.46.72). Cf. A.h.Sū.6.48cd and A.s.Sū.7.77as; Aruṇa says that it is the jāhaka, though others regard it as a nakula; Hemādri gives acchabhalla (a bear according to MW and PW) as a synonym. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): Herpestes mungo, the large brown mongoose. P.V. Sharma: large brown mongoose. Gulabkunverba: idem. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. See on the Indian mongooses: E. Balfour (1967): II, 977; F. Finn (1929): 109–115; G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 480–481; R.I. Pocock (1937b); S.H. Prater (1971): 96–105; J.E. Tennent (1861): 37–40; WIRM VI, 417–418. Cf. nakula.