A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.196

v2.c29.196

⁵⁴¹ Mentioned by Dalhaṇa (ad Su.Sū.46.72) as a guhāśaya, which indicates that the wild dog is meant. See on the dog in Indian culture: E. Arbman (1922): 257–264; J. Cain (1875); J. Deppert (1977): 102–103; A. de Gubernatis (1872): II, 19–30; E.W. Hopkins (1894); A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967): II, 405–406; J.J. Meyer (1937; see index s.v. Hund). See on the famous Indian hunting dogs: R.N. Saletore (1975): 212–214. K.N. Dave (1985: 13) thinks that the vāntāda as a prasaha is not a dog, but the bird better known as bhaṣa; the tree-pies, which belong to the genus Dendrocitta, are called bhaṣa.