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⁶¹⁸ Cf. Su.Sū.46.78. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): a hare or rabbit. P.V. Sharma: rabbit. Gulabkunverba: hare. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. The flesh of the śaśa is permitted to brāhmaṇas (*Manusmṛti* 5.18). See on its properties: Ca.Sū.27.77; Su.Sū.46.80. True rabbits do not occur in India. See on *Lepus nigricollis* F. Cuvier, the Indian hare, and its subspecies, on *Caprologus hispidus* (Pearson), the hispid hare, which is very rare, and other hares, including the mouse-hare: E. Balfour (1967): II, 704–706; S. Chakraborty (1986): 335; F. Finn (1929): 168–171; R.E. Hawkins (1986): 284; S.H. Prater (1971): 218–221; G. Watt IV, 202–205; WIRM IX, 63–64.