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566 Cf. Su.Sū.46.94 (khaḍgin). P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): Rhinoceros unicornis. P.V. Sharma: rhinoceros. Gulabkunverba: idem. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. The flesh of the khaḍga is permitted to brāhmaṇas (Manusmṛti 5.18); it is particularly effective when used at the mortuary rite called śrāddha (Manusmṛti 3.272), where a rhinoceros-hide ring is also worn (see W.S. Sax, 1997: 281). Properties of the flesh: Ca.Sū.27.84cd–85ab; Su.Sū.46.103. Until about a hundred years ago three species of rhinoceros were found in India: Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, R. sondaicus Desmarest and Dicerorhinus sumatrensis = Didermocerus sumatrensis (Fischer); Rhinoceros unicornis is the only one still existing at present. See: E. Balfour (1968): III, 406; S. Chakraborty (1986): 331; F. Finn (1929): 186–190; R.E. Hawkins (1986): 469–471; S.H. Prater (1971): 228–233; G.