A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s4.41
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s4.41
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v1.c9.s4.41
Pundarikās have mouths like the lotus and are of the colour of the pulse of *Phaseolus mungo*. Sāvarikās have green colour like the leaf of the lotus, are functuous, and eighteen fingers in length. They are used only for extracting blood from beasts. Such is the description of the non-poisonous leeches. The non-poisonous leeches are fouud in Turkey, Pāndya (the country to the south), Sahya (a mountain on the banks of the *Narbadā*)