A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.236

v2.c29.236

⁵⁸⁰ Cf. Su.Sū.46.94. P.V. Sharma: cat-fish. Gulabkunverba: idem. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. Cakras says that an ūdra is a jalabiḍāla, while Ḍalhaṇa uses the synonym pānī-yabiḍāla for the odra; this implies that an otter is meant. See on Lutra lutra (Linnaeus), the common otter, L. perspicillata I. Geoffroy, the smooth Indian otter, and Aonyx cinerea (Illiger), the clawless otter, and their Indian subspecies: F. Finn (1929): 73–75; R.E. Hawkins (1986): 424–425; S.H. Prater (1971): 151–154; WIRM X, 567.