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604 Gulabkunverba: tse-tse fly. P.V. Sharma: sthagikā bee. The tse-tse fly does not occur in India. 605 A pāṣaṇḍāyatana is mentioned at Ca.Ci.23.160 (Cakra says that the pāṣaṇḍas are the Kāpālikas, etc.). Cf. Su.Ka.3.38–44. 606 Cf. Su.Ka.4.20 and 33. 607 Cf. Su.Ka.3.28–29. 608 Compare Ca.Ci.23.173 and Su.Ka.8.68cd–74. See on the āyurvedic treatment of scorpion and insect stings: N.C. Sahu and B.N. Das (1975). 609 These symptoms result from possession (āveśa) by an alarkagraha according to Cakra. 610 The skill of Indians in treating snake bites is already mentioned by Ktesias and Arrian (see J.W. McCrindle, 1926: 223). See on Ktesias: J.W. McCrindle (1973); F. Jacobi (1922); K. Karttunen (1989; see index), (1991); G. Wirth in Der kleine Pauly 3, 366–367. Ktesias tells about two deadly poisons, with a quick and a slow action respectively, extracted from a particular snake (see McCrindle, 1973: 18–49). See on Arrian: J.W. McCrindle (1926); K. Karttunen (1989; see index); Schwartz (1896); G. Wirth in Der kleine Pauly 1, 606. See on remarks about Indian snakes by other Greek and Roman writers: J. André and J. Filliozat (1986); R.C. Majumdar (1960): 266–267; J.W. McCrindle (1975); W.H. Schoff (1974). See on observations by later European travellers: P. Hymavathi (1993): 186–187, 254–257; D.V.S. Reddy (1975a): 86. See on Indian antipoisonous drugs and the treatment of snake bites: R.B. Arora, S.D.S. Seth and P.R. Sundaresan (1971); P. Banerji *(1929), (1956); S.P. Gupta (1993); K.K. Jayavardhanan et al. (1988); K.R. Panikkar, K.K. Jayavardhanan and B. Panikkar (1989); T.G. Ramamurthi Iyer (1930); A.D. Trivedi (1928). See on the treatment of snake medicine: N. Jaganathan (1983). 611 Compare Ca.Ci.23.175–188 and Su.Ka.7.50cd–59ab, 23.194cd–195ab and Su.Ka.6.7, 23.195cd–196ab and Su.Ka.5.75cd–76ab, 23.196cd–197ab and Su.Ka.5.78ab, 23. 197cd–198ab and Su.Ka.5.75cd–76ab, 23.200cd–204 and Su.Ka.8.101–120, 23.205 and Su.Ka.7.32cd–42, 23.208cd–209ab and Su.Ka.8.68cd–74, 23.219–220 and Su.Ka.7.65. 612 A kapha-provoking kīta according to Cakra. 613 See on this subject: F. Wall (1917): 69–72. H.A. Reid (1968: 614) stresses that, infrequently, emotional symptoms completely dominate the picture after a snake bite. 614 Cf. Su.Ka.6.29–31. 615 Cf. Su.Ka.1.4–7. See on the treatment of poisoning by the ingestion of gara in Pali literature: K.G. Zysk (1988): 131–132, (1991): 103–105. 616 Compare Ca.Ci.23.251ab and Su.Ka.5.6. See on the sarpamaṇi mentioned (24.252): R. Bedī (1980), (1984); M. Upādhyāya (1981). 617 See on the uses of śirīṣa: P.V. Sharma (1996): 374–376. 618 Cf. Su.Ka.1.80 (amṛtaghṛta), 6.12–13 (amṛtasarpis); A.s.Sū.8.89. 619 Cf. Bhela Sū.19. See on this chapter: S.P. Gupta (1977): 505–512; G.J. Meulenbeld (1997): 210–212; L.A. Ravi Varma (1950). 620 Usually interpreted as wine. 621 This ritual is also mentioned at Ca.Ci.14,47; A.h.Ci.7.55; A.s.Ci.9.69 and U.50.181. See on the sautrāmaṇī: G.S. Ghurye (1979); J. Gonda (1980); A. Hillebrandt (1897): 159–161; S.W. Jamison (1991): 98–103; P.V. Kane II.2, 1224–1228; A.B. Keith (1976): 352–354; L. Renou and J. Filliozat (1947): 359; G. Zeller (1990): 123–124, 129–146. 622 Cf. Su.U.47.7–8. 623 Compare the rules for the kinds of alcoholic drinks permitted to kṣatriyas and vaiśyas respectively (see P. Aalto, 1963: 32).