A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.197

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668 Mentioned by Hemādri ad A.h.Sū.6.54ab. Absent from Ca.Sū.27 and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): a huge sheat-fish, belonging to the Siluridae. See on the Siluridae, to which the genus *Wallago* belongs: WIRM IV, Suppl., 23–24. 669 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. Not identified. 670 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): possibly *Harpodon nehereus*, the Bombay duck. See on *Harpodon nehereus* (Hamilton): E. Balfour (1967): I, 409–410; R.E. Hawkins (1986): 72–73; WIRM IV, Suppl., 13–14. 671 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): possibly *Tetradon patoca*, the Indian puffer. The puffers form the family called Tetrodontidae. See on *Tetrodon patoca* (Hamilton) and other Indian Tetrodontidae, which are poisonous: S.S. Khora and K.V. Rama Rao (1986); WIRM IV, Suppl., 54–55. The murala may be *Channa marulius* (Hamilton), the murral, esteemed as food; see on this fish: R. Tilak (1986): 164; WIRM IV, Suppl., 33; G.M. Yazdani (1986): 143. 672 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Eutropiichthys vacha*, the bachha catfish. Compare the fish called pāṭalā. Compare S.L. Hora (1951: 157) on the fish called dantapāṭala in the Mānasollāsa. 673 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. Mentioned by Hemādri ad A.h.Sū.6.53cd. P. Rāy et al. (1980): a whale. 674 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.40. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Rhineodor typus*, the whale shark. See on *Rhinocodon typus* the whale shark, observed in Indian coastal waters: S.H. Prater (1941); WIRM IV, Suppl., 3. 675 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): hatchet-fish. 676 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): a sucking-fish, belonging to the Catostomidae. See on the Echeneidae, the remoras or sucker fishes: WIRM IV, Supplement, 53. 677 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. Not identified. 678 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): possibly a species of *Heterodontus*, a bull-headed or horn shark. 679 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.40. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Crocodilus porosus*, a crocodile. 680 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Pimelodus gagora*. 681 Compare the candrikā of A.h.Sū.6.53 (see Hemādri's description) and A.s.Sū.7.81. P. Rāy et al. (1980): chanda, a kind of river fish. The Bengali name chanda designates *Ambassis nama* (Ham.) and *A. ranga* (Ham.) (see WIRM IV, Supplement, 35). 682 Absent from Ca.Sū.27, A.h. and A.S. P. Rāy et al. (1980): a large marine fish. 683 Also mentioned as a river fish. P. Rāy et al. (1980): *Mugil corsula*, a mullet. 684 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.311. 685 See on Suśruta's fruits: P.V. Sharma (1979a), Intr. 686 Compare Caraka's fruits (Sū.27.125–165). 687 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.317. 688 Compare Caraka's vegetables (śāka) (Sū.27.88cd–124). 689 These verses are not accepted by some authorities according to Cakra and Daḷhaṇa. Tāmbūla is not described in Sū.27 of the Carakasaṃhitā, which mentions it once only (Sū.5.77). See on betel and betel chewing in India, its history and its literature: K.T. Achaya (1994): 48 and 244 (with references); P.K. Agrawala (1977); E. Balfour (1967): I, 330–331; V. Ball (1889–1891): 396–397, 408–409; P.V. Bapat (1950); S.A. Dange (1986): 116–118; DWH III, 183–192 and 522–532; W. Hertz (1897): 158–159;