Crane

Sarasa (Crane) meat is heavy and cooling. It is nourishing. Various types of cranes and waterbirds are described. Verses: 30.

• Brimhana (nourishing)

Viskira varga – group of birds which scratch ground with legs to pick food :लाववात कवत रर तव मककु कुभाः क प जलोपच ा यचकोरकु बाहवः वतको व तका चैव ति त रः करः शखी ता ाचड ू ा यबकरगोनद ग रव तकाः तधा शारपरे ाभवरटा या च वि कराः Lava (bustard quail), Vartika (bush quail), Vartira (rain quail), Raktavartma (red eyed owl), Kukkubha (wild cock), Kapinjala (black partridge), Upachakra (small greek pheasant), Chakora (greek pheasant), Kurubahava, Vartaka (button quail), Vartika( bush quail), Tittiri (gr

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

50 Apchara varga –(aquatic birds) : हंससारसकाद बबककार डव लवाः बलाको ोषच ा वम गु ौ चादयो अ चराः Hamsa (swan), sarasa (Indian crane), kadamba (grey legged goose), baka (heron), karandava (white breasted goose), palva (pelican), balaka (crane),utkrosa (mattard), chakrahva(ruddy Sheldrake), madgu (small cormorant), krouncha (pound heron) etc.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

The fumigation with peacock’s feather, crane’s bone, sarshapa (Brassica campestris) and chandana (Santalam album) added with ghee (clarified butter) removes the toxicities in the home, beds, seats and clothes.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 23: Poison Treatment (Visha Chikitsa / विषचिकित्सा)

All Pratuda birds (pecking birds like pigeons, sparrows), Datyuha, Krauncha (crane), Jivanjiva, parrots, etc.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 60: Diet for Smallpox (Masurika Pathyapathyam)

All Pratuda birds (pecking birds like pigeons, sparrows), Datyuha, Krauncha (crane), Jivanjiva, parrots, etc.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 49: Diet for Smallpox (Masurika Pathyapathyam)

The animal-mouth design principle: instrument tips are modeled after animal jaws and beaks — lion-mouth forceps, crane-beak probes, etc.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 7: Yantra Vidhi Adhyaya - Blunt Instruments

Crane (Sarasa), Krauncha, peacock (Shikhina), chicken (Kukkuta), and partridge (Tittira) -- some physicians do not recommend these in fever due to their heavy and heating nature.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 39: Jvarapratishedha