A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.303

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644 Cf. Su.Sū.46.74. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): a kind of heron. P.V. Sharma: heron. Gulabkunverba: idem. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. Identified as *Ardea cenerea* by P. Rāy et al. (1980). See on *Ardea cinerea cinerea* Linnaeus, the European grey heron, a casual winter visitor in India, and *A. cinerea rectirostris* Gould, the Eastern grey heron, resident all over India: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 54–57. K.N. Dave (1985: 242–244, 393–395, 400–402) is of the opinion that five different birds are called kaṅka: the Brahminy kite, the common or grey heron, the adjutant stork, the lesser adjutant stork, and Pallas's fishing eagle. See on *Haliastur indus indus* (Boddaert), the Brahminy kite: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 230–232, on *Leptoptilos dubius* (Gmelin), the adjutant stork: the same, 1, 105–107, on *L. javanicus* (Horsfield), the lesser adjutant: the same, 1, 107–109, on *Haliaeetus leucoryphus* (Pallas), Pallas's fishing eagle: the same, 1, 289–292. See on the meanings of kaṅka in Vedic literature: K.N. Dave (1985): XIII; A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967).