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203 Sū.13.10; 27.157; Ci.11.37; 18.103; 26.171; 29.66. Abhiṣuka is a fruit from the North (auttarāpathika), not identified by Cakrapāṇidatta, but often regarded as the pistachio, the fruit of Pistacia vera Linn. (see T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar, 1972; P.V. Sharma, 1997). Compare B. Laufer (1967): 246–253. See on Uttarāpatha: N.N. Bhaṭṭacharyya (1991): 299; N. Dey (1979): 214; A.M. Shastri (1996): I, 49.