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582 Cf. Su.Ka.4.29–30c and 37. 583 S.H. Prater (1924: 156, 157) records that the two Indian species of dhaman or rat snake are popularly believed to be female cobras; T.S.N. Murthy and S.N. Pillai (1986: 231) record that Ptyas mucosus is sometimes regarded as the male cobra. See on Ptyas mucosus (Linn.), the dhaman or common ratsnake, and the related Argyrogena fasciolatus (Shaw) = Zamenis fasciolatus: J.C. Daniel (1983): 76–78; R.E. Hawkins (1986): 465–466; S.H. Prater (1924): 156–157. 584 Cf. Su.Ka.4.35 and 38. 585 Cf. Su.Ka.4.38. 586 Cf. Su.Ka.4.38. 587 Cf. Su.Ka.8.28 (godheraka); A.h.U.36.7 (gaudhera). See H. Lüders (1942): 36–37. See also Pāṇini (4.1.129 and 130), where this animal is called gaudhera or gaudhāra, and the lexicographers, for instance: Amarakoṣa 5.2.6, Hemacandra's Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1297 (ed. Boethlingk and Rieu), Vaijayantikoṣa 4.1.26. 588 Cf. Su.Ka.4.34. The system of mixed castes has obviously been transferred to the animal kingdom. 589 Vipera russelli russelli (Shaw) (see A.E. Leviton, 1968: 555) is called gonas in Hindī (see T.S.N. Murthy and R.S. Pillai, 1986: 244). 590 Āśīviṣa is the poison emanating from the eyes and breath of snakes (Cakra). Cf. Su.Ka. 4.32. 591 The term kīṭa covers a broad range of invertebrate animals, mainly arthropods. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965: 26): wingless insects. 592 Cf. Su.Ka.8.86–88ab. 593 Compare Ca.Ci.23.147–148 and Su.Ka.7.8–10ab. The identity of the ākhu is disputed; some regard it as a mole, others as a kind of mouse or rat. See on the ākhu: H. Grégoire (1949): 128–129, 142–147, 164–173; A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967). See on Talpa micrura Hodgson, the short-tailed mole, and Talpa micrura leucura Blyth, the white-tailed mole: S.H. Prater (1971): 167–168; WIRM V, 10–11. 594 See G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 455–456. See on kṛkalāsa in Vedic literature: A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967). See on popular beliefs about dangerous lizards: E. Balfour (1967): II, 730; E. Thurston (1912): 98–99. 595 See on venomous scorpions: W. Bücherl (1971c). See on scorpion stings and their treatment: N. Chevers (1886): 44. Compare Ca.Ci.23.150–151 and Su.Ka.8.63–66. See on the scorpion in Vedic literature: A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967). 596 A hornet (Gulabkunverba; P.V. Sharma). Compare Ca.Ci.23.152 and Su.Ka.8.26–27. 597 Gulabkunverba: crab. MW and PW: a small venomous aquatic animal; a crab. 598 Compare Ca.Ci.23.154 and Su.Ka.8.31. See on the frog in Vedic literature: A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967). 599 Compare Ca.Ci.23.155cd and Su.Ka.8.37. 600 Cakra: a jyeṣṭhā, but a saraṭa according to others. See G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 455–456. 601 Cakra gives kāruṇḍā as a synonym. Compare Ca.Ci.23.156cd and Su.Ka.8.30. See on Indian centipedes and millipedes: R.E. Hawkins (1986): 399–400; WIRM VI, 380–381. See on venomous centipedes: W. Bücherl (1971a). 602 Compare Ca.Ci.23.157 and Su.Ka.8.36. See on maśaka in Vedic literature: A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967). 603 Compare Ca.Ci.23.158 and Su.Ka.8.35. See on makṣikā in Vedic literature: A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967).