A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.218

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562 Cf. Su.Sū.46.78. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): Manis pentadactylus, the pangolin. P.V. Sharma: porcupine or pangolin. Gulabkunverba: porcupine. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. Identified as a porcupine by Ḍalhaṇa (ad Su.Sū.46.78: sūcisaḍśāromayukta) and Hemādri (ad A.S.Sū.6.74cd: śalākāsaḍśaroman). The flesh of the śvāvidh is permitted to brāhmaṇas (Manusmṛti 5.18). See on Hystrix indica Kerr, the most common Indian porcupine, H. hodgsoni (Gray), Hodgson's porcupine, and Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus), the brushtailed porcupine: E. Balfour (1968): III, 264; J.R. Ellerman (1961): 291–313; F. Finn (1929): 164–167; R.E. Hawkins (1986): 454–455; S.H. Prater (1971): 215–217; WIRM IX, 63.