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mudga (Phaseoslus mungo). Pingalas have round bodies, move quickly, and are of slightly red or tawny colour. Sānkuhmukhīs are liver-coloured, suck blood quickly, and have large sharp mouths. |
coloured and corresponding to the colours of liver: which are swift to draw to themselves fine blood: |
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Mushikas have the colour and shape of rats and a bad smell. |
which are assimilated to the tail [colour] of a mouse: having a horrible smell * * * |
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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 found in Turkey, Pāndya (the country to the south), Sahya (a mountain on the banks of the Narbadā) |
And having the belly red along with blackness |
