A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.335

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Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus asiaticus (Latham), the blacknecked stork: the same, 1, 104–105. S. Ali and S.D. Ripley do not describe Ardea sarunga, nor a ringneck parakeet. 675 Cf. A.s.Sū.7.71 (cirīṭikā). Absent from Su.Sū.46. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): a babbler; babblers belong to the Timelidae (this is an error; actually, they belong to the Timaliidae). P.V. Sharma: babbler. Gulabkunverba: window bird. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. S. Ali and S.D. Ripley do not mention a window bird. K.N. Dave (1985: 96) identifies the ciraṭi = cirīṭikā as the crested bunting. See on Melophus lathami (Gray), the crested bunting: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 10, 232–234. 676 Absent from Su.Sū.46 and A.h.Sū.6. The kaṅku may be mentioned at A.s.Sū.7.71. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): Torquatus rosa, the blossom-headed parakeet. Gulabkunverba: blossom headed parakeet. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. See on the subspecies of Psittacula cyanocephala (Linnaeus) and P. roseata Biswas, the blossomheaded parakeets: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 3, 178–182. 677 Cf. A.s.Sū.7.71 (kuyaṣṭikā or yaṣṭikā). Absent from Su.Sū.46. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): a sun bird. P.V. Sharma: sun-bird. Gulabkunverba: sun bird or honey-sucker. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: sun bird. See on the Nectariniidae, the sunbirds: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 10, 18–56. 678 Cf. Su.Sū.46.67. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): Turdus salica, the mynah. P.V. Sharma: mynah. Gulabkunverba: shama thrush. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. See on the Sturnidae, the mynas: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 5, 172–198; the Indian myna, one of the most common birds in the subcontinent, is called Acridotheres tristis tristis (Linnaeus) (5, 177–180). See on the myna: R. Bedi (1996). See on the subspecies of Copsychus malabaricus (Scopoli), the shama, which belongs to the Turdinae: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 8, 244–248. K.N. Dave (1985: 81–82 and 84–85) claims that the name sārikā is not only applicable to the Indian myna, but also to Gracula religiosa Linnaeus, the hill myna, and that which of the two birds is intended in a given passage must be made out from the context; see on the Indian subspecies of Gracula religiosa: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 4, 190–197. The sārikā is a bird that was held in cages (see, for example, Meghadūta 2.22); the art of teaching it to speak was one of the sixty-four kalās (see Kāmasūtra 1.3). F.E. Pargiter (1969: I, 49) remarks that the hill myna attains much higher proficiency in larning to talk than the Indian myna. See on talking birds in Hindu fiction: M. Bloomfield (1914). The sārikā may not be eaten by brāhmaṇas (Manusmṛti 5.12). 679 Cf. Su.Sū.46.59. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): Passer domesticus, the house sparrow. Gulabkunverba: house sparrow. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. See on the subspecies of Passer domesticus (Linnaeus), the house sparrow: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 10, 63–67. K.N. Dave (1985: 46–47, 50–52, 88–89, 92–95) is of the opinion that the name kalaviṅka is used to denote many birds: weaver-birds, the shama, the blackbird, the magpie robin, and a number of pretty looking finches with a sweet voice, such as the goldheaded black finch, the redheaded bullfinch, etc. See on Copsychus saularis saularis (Linnaeus), the Indian magpie robin: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 8, 239–242, on Pyrrhoplectes epauletta Hodgson, the goldheaded black finch: the same, 10, 195–197, on Pyrrhula erythrocephala Vigors, the redheaded bullfinch: the same, 10, 201–202. The kalaviṅka is an article of food forbidden to brāhmaṇas (Manusmṛti 5.12). 680 Cf. A.h.Sū.6.47ab; A.s.Sū.7.96. Compare Ḍalhaṇa at Su.Sū.46.59 (on kalaviṅka) and 67 (gṛhakuliṅga = gṛamacataka). P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): Passer montanus, the tree sparrow. P.V. Sharma: tree sparrow. Gulabkunverba: idem. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. See on the subspecies of Passer montanus (Linnaeus), the tree sparrow: S. Ali