A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.196

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649 Absent from the Carakasaṃhitā, A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): a small bivalve mollusc. 650 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.40. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Margaritana margaritifer*, the pearl-mussel. 651 Cf. A.h.Sū.6.53; A.s.Sū.7.81. Absent from Ca.Sū.27. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Helix aspersa*, the common land snail. 652 Daḷhaṇa gives kapardaka as a synonym. Absent from Ca.Sū.27 as the name of a mollusc. Also absent from A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Cypraea arabica*, the cowrie. 653 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.40. 654 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.40. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Gavialis gangeticum*, the true gavial. 655 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.40. 656 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.40. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Delphinus gangetica*, a dolphin. 657 Compare Caraka's ānūpa group (Sū.27.39). 658 Compare Caraka's vāri- or ambucārin group (Sū.27.41b–44). 659 See on Suśruta's groups of fishes: S.L. Hora (1935), (1951a): 407–408. 660 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.82–83. 661 See on the interpretation of Su.Sū.46.122–124: S.L. Hora (1935). 662 See on the Indian fresh water fishes: WIRM IV, Supplement; G.M. Yazdani (1986). 663 Known to the Carakasaṃhitā (Sū.25.38; 27.82cd–83ab; Si.12.18). Cf. A.h.Sū.6.52cd and 67; A.s.Sū.7.81, 99, 105. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Labeo rohita*, the red carp. See on *Labeo rohita* (Hamilton), a widely distributed and important food fish of India: Nadkarni II, 215; R. Tilak (1986): 158–159; WIRM IV, Suppl., 17–18; G.M. Yazdani (1986): 125. S.L. Hora (1951: 160) regards *Labeo fimbriatus* (Bloch) as the more probable candidate for the rohita. See on this species: WIRM IV, Suppl., 17. The rohita may be eaten by brāhmaṇas (Manusmṛti 5.16). 664 Cf. A.h.Sū.6.52cd (see Hemādri's description); A.s.Sū.7.81. Called boyāla in the vernacular (Daḷhaṇa). Absent from Ca.Sū.27. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Wallago attu*, the boal. See on *Wallago attu* (Bloch et Schneider), the mulley or boali, an important food fish: S.L. Hora (1939), (1951): 157; R. Tilak (1986): 160; WIRM IV, Suppl., 24. The pāṭhīna may be eaten by brāhmaṇas (Manusmṛti 5.16). 665 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): tan-coloured catfishes, probably *Clupisoma gaura* and *Eutropiichthys vacha*. See on *Clupisoma garua* (Hamilton), the garua bacha: S.L. Hora (1937b), (1951): 157; R. Tilak (1986): 162–163; WIRM IV, Suppl., 24. See on *Eutropiichthys vacha* (Hamilton), the bachva: S.L. Hora (1937a); R. Tilak (1986): 162; WIRM IV, Suppl., 24–25. 666 Compare the rājī of A.h.Sū.6.54ab (Hemādri: the same as the rājīva) and A.s.Sū.7.82. Not mentioned in Ca.Sū.27. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Mugil corsula*, the mullet. See on grey-mullets, which belong to the family Mugilidae: R.E. Hawkins (1986): 395–396; S.L. Hora (1938); WIRM IV, Suppl., 31–32. The largest and most widely distributed among the Indian grey-mullets is *Mugil cephalus* Linnaeus. The grey-mullets are mostly shore fishes, but *Liza corsula* (Hamilton) (= *Mugil corsula*) usually resides in fresh waters; it has the remarkable habit of swimming with its eyes above the surface of the water. The rājīva may be eaten by brāhmaṇas (Manusmṛti 5.16). 667 Known to the Carakasaṃhitā (Ci.8.151). Cf. A.h.Sū.6.53 (varmi) and A.s.Sū.7.81 and 105 (vartmi). P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Rita rita* (a kind of catfish) and *Mastacemelus armatus*. See on *Rita rita* (Hamilton): R. Tilak (1986): 161; WIRM IV, Suppl., 26; G.M. Yazdani (1986): 132. See on *Mastocembelus armatus* (Lacépède): WIRM IV, Suppl., 53; G.M. Yazdani (1986): 145.