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546 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.50 (kokila); A.h.Sū.6.46cd–47ab (kokila); A.s.Sū.7.72 (parabhṛta). P. Rāy et al. (1980): Endynamis honorata, the Indian koel. 547 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.50 (koyaṣṭi). P. Rāy et al. (1980): Centropus chlorhynchus, the green-bill coucal. Dalhaṇa says that this bird is also called koyaṅgakā, which is wrong according to K.N. Dave (1985: 304), who identifies the latter as the bronze-winged jaçana. See on Metopidius indicus (Latham), the bronzewinged jaçana: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 2, 201–202. 548 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.36 and 51. Compare Dalhaṇa ad Su.Sū.67 and 71. P. Rāy et al. (1980): Passer montanus, the tree sparrow. 549 Not mentioned separately in the Carakasaṃhitā. Compare Su.Sū.46.71 (veśmakuliṅga) and A.s.Sū.7.76 (veśyakuliṅgaka). P. Rāy et al. (1980): Passer domesticus, the house sparrow. 550 Not mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā. Identical with the gonarda (cf. Ca.Sū.27.49) according to Dalhaṇa and Hemādri (ad A.h.Sū.6.45). Gokṣvela and gonarda are two distinct birds in the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha (Sū.7.68 and 70). P. Rāy et al. (1980): Ardea sibirica. MW and PW: unidentified. 551 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.51 (diṇḍimānaka). P. Rāy et al. (1980): Ramphastes piscivorous, the toucan. 552 Cf. A.s.Sū.7.69cd. Compare the śatapatra of Su.Sū.46.59. P. Rāy et al. (1980): Psittacula eupatria, the Alexandrine or large parakeet. 553 Absent from the Carakasaṃhitā, A.h. and A.S. Identical with the priyātmaka according to Dalhaṇa. Compare the priyātmaka of Caraka (Sū.27.50). P. Rāy et al.

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(1980): Argya caudata, the common babbler. K.N. Dave (1985: 159–161) regards mātṛnindaka and priyātmaka as common names for all hornbills. See on the Indian Bucerotidae or hornbills: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 4, 129–146. 554 Absent from the Carakasaṃhitā, A.h. and A.S. The same as the putraśuka according to Dalhaṇa, but some regard it as the bhekāśin. P. Rāy et al. (1980): Palaeornis torquatus, the small parakeet. A number of Indian parakeets formerly belonged to the genus Palaeornis, but S. Ali and S.D. Ripley do not mention Palaeornis torquatus as an old name for one of these birds. Compare Ca.Sū.27.52 (śāraṅga). K.N. Dave (1985: 144) regards bhedāśin and putraśuka as names for the Indian lorikeet; he says that it is the same bird as the patraśuka of the Vasantarāja and the parṇaśuka of the Kalpadrukośa. See on Loriculus vernalis (Sparrman), the Indian lorikeet: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 3, 188–190. 555 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.52. P. Rāy et al. (1980): Psittacula spengeli, the green parakeet. 556 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.52. P. Rāy et al. (1980): Turdus salica, the common myna. 557 Absent from the Carakasaṃhitā, A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): Parus major, the grey tit. See on Parus major stupae Koelz, the Indian grey tit: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 9, 169–170. 558 The same as the girivartikā according to Dalhaṇa. Compare Caraka's girivartaka and the girivartikā of A.h. (Sū.6.45) and A.S. (Sū.7.68). P. Rāy et al. (1980): Coturnix montena, the mountain quail. S. Ali and S.D.

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Ripley (1983) do not describe Coturnix montana. See on Ophrysia superciliosa (J.E. Gray), the mountain quail: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 2, 73–74. 559 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.51 (laṭṭā). P. Rāy et al. (1980): Passer domesticus, a species of house sparrow. 560 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.50 (laṭṭaśaka). P. Rāy et al. (1980), who read annaḍūṣaka: possibly Gymnorhis xanthocollis, the yellow-throated sparrow. See on Petronia xanthocollis xanthocollis (Burton), the Indian yellowthroated sparrow: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 10, 80–81. K.N. Dave (1985: 95) sees in the annaḍūṣaka the blackheaded (see S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 10, 207–209: Emberiza melanocephala Scopoli) and redheaded buntings (see S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 10, 209–211: E. bruniceps Brandt). 561 Absent from Carakasamhitā, A.h. and A.s. The vayā (a weaverbird) according to Dalhaṇa. P. Rāy et al. (1980): Ploceus philippinus, the common weaver-bird. Compare Caraka's kulingaka. 562 Cf. A.s.Sū.7.70 (khañjarīṭaka); Hāritasamhitā I.20.12. Absent from the Carakasamhitā. P. Rāy et al. (1980): Motacilla alba, the wagtail. See on the Indian subspecies of Motacilla alba Linnaeus, the white wagtail: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 9, 288–291. K.N. Dave (1985: 104–105) says that the term khañjarīṭa denotes any yellow wagtail, but that the distinction between white wagtails (properly called khañjana) and the yellow ones is obliterated by Sanskrit poets and lexicographers. See on the Indian subspecies of Motacilla flava Linnaeus, the yellow wagtail: S. Ali and S.D.

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Ripley 9, 275–281. 563 Cf. Bhela Sū.27.27; A.h.Sū.6.47ab; A.s.Sū.7.70. Absent from Ca.Sū.27, but probably identical with the hāridraka (Cakra ad Ca.Sū.26.84: hāridraka = haritāla; Dalhaṇa ad Sū.46.67: the hārita is called haritāla in the vernacular). P. Rāy et al. (1980): Columba hurryials, the yellowish green pigeon. K.N. Dave (1985: 294–295, 383, 385–386) regards the emerald dove are called hārita. S. Ali and S.D. Ripley (1983) do not describe Columba hurryials. The common green pigeon, Treron phoenicoptera (Latham) is called harial in Hindi (S. Ali, 1979: 54). See on the subspecies of Treron phoenicoptera: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 3, 106–110. 564 Cf. A.h.Sū.6.46cd; A.s.Sū.7.72. Dātyūha is a variant for Caraka's atyūha (Sū.27.50). P. Rāy et al. (1980): a gallinule, belonging to the Rallidae. See on the Indian Rallidae: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 2, 148–183. K.N. Dave (1985: 294–295, 383, 385–386) regards the black ibis as the dātyūha, though this is also a name for the hawk cuckoo, the whitebreasted waterhen, and the purple moorhen (K.N. Dave, 1985: 132–133, 294–295). See on Pseudibis papillosa papillosa (Temminck), the Indian black ibis: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 112–113, on Cuculus varius varius Vahl, the common hawk-cuckoo: the same, 3, 200–202, on Amaurornis phoenicurus phoenicurus (Pennant), the Indian whitebreasted waterhen: the same, 2, 169–171, on Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham), the Indian purple moorhen: the same, 2, 178–180. 565 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.35. 566 Cf.

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Ca.Sū.27.35. 567 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.35. 568 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.35. P. Rāy et al. (1980): Hyaena striata. 569 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.35. P. Rāy et al. (1980): Melursus ursinus. 570 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.35. 571 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.35. P. Rāy et al. (1980): Felis caracal. See on Felis caracal schmitzi Matschie, the Indian subspecies of the caracal: F. Finn (1929): 95–96; S.H. Prater (1971): 77–78; WIRM X, 246. It is not clear at all why P. Rāy et al. selected this species of Felis as Suśruta's mārjāra. The jungle cat, Felis chaus Güldenstädt (see F. Finn, 1929: 93–94; S.H. Prater, 1971: 75–76; WIRM X, 246), for example, would be as suitable a candidate. 572 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.36 (jambuka). 573 Absent from the Carakasamhitā, A.h. and A.s. P. Rāy et al. (1980): a jackal-like animal feeding on deer. This may be Cuon alpinus (Pallas), the dhole or Indian wild dog. See on this animal: R.W. Burton (1939); F. Finn (1929): 119–120; R.E. Hawkins (1986): 177–178; S.H. Prater (1971): 130–131; WIRM III, 100. 574 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.36 (vāyasa). P. Rāy et al. (1980): Corvus splendens, the crow.