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⁵⁵⁷ Cf. Su.Sū.46.78. P.V. Sharma: iguana. Properties of the flesh are mentioned at Ca.Sū. 27.70cd–71ab and Su.Sū.46.81; it is the most wholesome among the flesh of *bileśaya* (= *bhūmiśaya*) animals. The flesh of the *godhā* is permitted to *brāhmaṇas* (*Manusmṛti* 5.18; see for more references: H. Lüders, 1942: 25). See also the *Godhājatakas* (Nrs. 138 and 325). See on *godhā*: H. Lüders (1942): 23–50; G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 461–462. See on the Indian *Varanidae*, the varans or monitor lizards: E. Balfour (1967): II, 144–145, (1968): III, 391, 992; J.C. Daniel (1983): 23–58; F. Finn (1929): 299–302; R.E. Hawkins (1986): 378–379; M.A. Smith (1932), (1935); G. Watt VI.1, 434–435; WIRM VI, 158–159. See on the Indian lizards in general: E. Balfour (1968): III, 391–393; F. Finn (1929): 283–304; R.E. Hawkins (1986): 265, 264–265, 357–360, 505–506; T.S.N. Murthy and R.S. Pillai (1986a); M.A. Smith (1935). See on the uses of the skin and the enormous numbers of varans killed for commercial purposes in India: H. Lüders (1942): 39–43.