A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.283

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625 Cf. Su.Sū.46.54, 57. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): *Cervus rusa*, the fawn deer. P.V. Sharma: fawn deer. Gulabkunverba: the black or Indian antelope. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: black buck. Properties of the flesh are mentioned at Ca.Sū.27.78ab and Su.Sū.46.55; it is the most wholesome among the flesh of deer (Ca.Sū.25.38). The eṇa is most probably the male, usually called black buck, of *Antilope cervicapra* (Linnaeus), while the hariṇa is the female (see G.J. Meulenbeld, 1974: 450 and 518–519; F. Zimmermann, 1982a: 97).