Leeches are called jalaukas because water is their home and jalayuka because water is their life, and also jaluka. There are twelve kinds: six poisonous and very painful, krishna, karbura, alagarda, indrayudha, samudrika and gochandana, and six non-poisonous, kapila, pingala, shankhamukhi, mushika, pundarikamukhi and savarika.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- जलैकस शब्द निरुक्रि व उसके भेदजलौकस शब्द की निरुक्ति और जोंक के भेद
- English
- Names of the leech and its kinds
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