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609 Cf. Ca.Si.12.17; Su.Sū.46.105. P. Rāy et al. (1980) identify the sārasa as *Antigone antigone*, the sarus crane. MW and PW: *Ardea sibirica* (cf. puṣkarāhva). P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): *Megalornis grus*, the Indian crane. P.V. Sharma: Indian crane. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: sarasa crane. Sārasa designates a swan in some texts according to K.N. Dave (1985: 430). S. Ali and S.D. Ripley do not describe *Megalornis grus*, nor *Antigone antigone*. See S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 2, 141–143: *Grus antigone antigone* (Linnaeus), the Indian sarus crane, resident throughout the northern parts of India. The sārasa is an article of food forbidden to brāhmaṇas (*Manusmṛti* 5.12).