A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.235
A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.235
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⁵⁷⁹ Cf. Su.Sū.46.108. See on Indian mollusca: WIRM IV, Suppl., 124–127 and VI, 397–406. The medicinally used śaṅkha may be Turbinella pyrum Lam. (see WIRM VI, 403). See on śaṅkha also: J.E. Tennent (1861): 370–371. The shell of the śaṅkhanābhi is mentioned at Ca.Ci.26.242, that of another mollusc, called varāṭaka, occurs in a prescription at Ca.Ci. 26.224. Varāṭaka is a name applied to cowries, such as the money cowrie, Cypraea moneta Linn.
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