A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.302

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643 Cf. Su.Sū.46.59. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): *Galloperdix spadicea*, the red-spur fowl. See on the subspecies of *Galloperdix spadicea* (Gmelin), the red spurfowl: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 2, 67–69. Gulabkunverba: cock. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. The properties of the flesh are mentioned at Ca.Sū.27.66cd–67ab (caraṇāyudha = kukkuṭa), those of the eggs (dakṣa = kukkuṭa) at Ca.Sū.27.85cd–87. The domestic kukkuṭa is an article of food forbidden to brāhmaṇas (*Manusmṛti* 5.12). See on the cock in Vedic culture: V.V. Bhide (1967); A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967). See on the cock in popular belief: L.H. Gray (1910); J.J. Meyer (1937); see index s.v. Hahn).