A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.206

v2.c29.206

550 Absent from the *Suśrutasamhitā*. Cf. A.h.Sū.6.50ab and A.s.Sū.7.77ab; Hemādri gives *dhūmyāṭa* as another name of the bird. Dalhaṇa says (ad Su.Sū.46.67) that the *bhṛṅgarāja* resembles a *dhūmyāṭa*. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): *Athena brama*, the owlet. P.V. Sharma: owlet. Gulabkunverba: idem. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. See on *Athene brama* (Temminck) and its three subspecies: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 3, 299–303. K.N. Dave (1985: 199) regards the Shaheen falcon as the *dhūmikā*. See on *Falco peregrinus peregrinator* Sundevall, the Shaheen falcon: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 350–352.