A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c62.320

v4.c62.320

729 The hare-hawk according to the translator; at another place it may be the (female) goshawk. K.N. Dave (1985: 220–221) identifies this bird as the hawk-eagle. See on Spizaetus nipalensis (Hodgson), S. cirrhatus (Gmelin), Hieraaetus fasciatus fasciatus (Vieillot), H. pennatus (Gmelin), and H. kienerii kienerii (E. Geoffroy), the hawk-eagles: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 259–272. Compare Caraka's śaśaghnī.