The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c8.t5.50

c8.t5.50

Suśruta mentions the frogs (*Udvijja*, eruptive or metamorphic?) after the quadrupedal and centipedal Reptilia (*Kanava*, *Godheraka*, *Galagolika*, and *Śatapadî*). Eight species of frogs are named. The frogs are explained by the mythologist to have arisen from dirty water in the rainy season...प्रावृट्काले ततः (*i.e.* महेश्वरशुक्रात्) मङ्कोदके जाताः (*cf.* Dalvana, *Kalpasthâna*, Chap. VIII).