A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.678

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172 Fishes mentioned are: rohita, śakula, śilinda, āḍimatsya, illisa, elaṅga, parvata, bhākuṭa, pāṭhina, varmi, kulīśa, kuñcaka (called iñjāka by Śivadāsasena, who adds that others call it vyāghramatsya; it is a big fish and has the same form as the āḍimatsya), śṛṅgin, madgura, guttha (called candraka by others according to Śivadāsasena; candraka is a marine fish in the Suśrutasaṃhitā), kavayya, caladaṅga (called iṅga according to Śivadāsasena), and kṣudramatsya. Suśruta describes the rohita, pāṭhina, varmi, and kulīśa; kṣudramatsyas are known in the classical saṃhitās. The illisa may be one or more species of the genus Ilisha (see WIRM IV, Supplement 9–10). The elaṅga may be Liza corsula Hamilton = Mugil corsula Day, still called elaṅga in Bengal (see WIRM IV, Supplement 32), which would imply that it is identical with Suśruta's rājīva, not mentioned by Cakra. The śṛṅgin may be Heteropneustes fossilis (Bl.), a nourishing and tasty fish, called siṅgī in Hindi and Bengali (see WIRM IV, Supplement 23). Clarias batrachus (Linn.), a nourishing fish, is called mahgur in Bengali and magurah in Oriya (see WIRM IV, Supplement 23), words resembling Cakra's madgura.