A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c62.123

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260 *Mus booduga* (Gray), the Indian field mouse. See on this animal: F. Finn (1929): 157; S.H. Prater (1971): 207–208; WIRM IX, 61. The unduru, also called indūra, is identified by others as the bandicoot (see C.D. Maclean, 1982: 72). See on *Bandicota bengalensis* (Gray et Hardwicke), the Indian mole-rat or bandicoot: R.E. Hawkins (1986): 38; S.H. Prater (1971): 205–206; WIRM IX, 61. 261 *Millardia meltada* (Gray), the metad or softfurred field rat. See: F. Finn (1929): 158; S.H. Prater (1971): 207; WIRM IX, 61. 262 *Golunda ellioti* Gray, the Indian bush rat. See: F. Finn (1929): 158–159; S.H. Prater (1971): 208–209; WIRM IX, 61. 263 *Suncus murinus* (Linnaeus), the grey musk shrew. See: F. Finn (1929): 44–45; S.H. Prater (1971): 168–169; WIRM V, 11. 264 *Ochotona roylei* (Ogilby), the Himalayan mouse-hare. See: F. Finn (1929): 171–172; S.H. Prater (1971): 220–221; WIRM IX, 63. 265 Unidentified. Usually one of the names of the wolf. 266 Unidentified. Usually one of the names of the wolf. 267 *Cuon alpinus* (Pallas), the dhole or Indian wild dog. See: S.H. Prater (1971): 130–131; WIRM III, 100. See also on Indian dogs: K. Karttunen (1997): 174–175. Compare Ca.Sū. 27.36. 268 *Cygnus jankowskii*. See on *Cygnus columbianus jankowskii* Alphéraky, Jankowski’s or the Eastern whistling swan: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 135–136. Compare Caraka’s haṃsa. 269 *Anser albifrons* (not recorded by S. Ali and S.D. Ripley). See on *Anser albifrons albifrons* (Scopoli), the whitefronted goose: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 126–128. 270 *Cygnus olor* (Gmelin), the mute swan: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 137–138. 271 *Anser indicus* (Latham), the barheaded goose. See: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 131–133. Compare Caraka’s rājahaṃsa (Si.12.18). 272 Unidentified. See Suśruta’s mallikākṣa. 273 Unidentified. See Caraka’s kādamba. 274 *Anser anser*, the Greylag goose. See on *Anser anser rubrirostris* Swinhoe, the Eastern Greylag goose: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 129–131. Compare Caraka’s kādamba. 275 *Tadorna ferruginea* (Pallas), the ruddy shelduck or Brahminy duck. See: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 141–144. 276 Unidentified. Identical with the cakravāka according to K.N. Dave (1985: 450). See Caraka’s cakravāka. 277 *Tadorna tadorna* (Linnaeus), the common shelduck. See: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 144–145. 278 *Grus grus*, the Eastern common crane. See on *Grus grus lilfordi* Sharpe, the Eastern common crane: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 2, 136–138. 279 *Grus antigone antigone* Linnaeus, the Indian sarus crane. Compare Caraka’s sārasa. 280 Unidentified. See Caraka’s balākā. 281 *Ardea cinerea*, the grey heron. See on *Ardea cinerea rectirostris* Gould, the Eastern grey heron: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 55–57. Compare Caraka’s śāraṅga. 282 *Alectoris chukar chukar* (J.E. Gray), the chukor partridge. See: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 2, 18–20. Compare Caraka’s cakora. 283 Unidentified. 284 *Dendrocygna javanica* (Horsfield), the lesser whistling teal. See: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 138–139.