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Types of luta (spiders):
−BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER: BLACK WIDOW SPIDER:
−Loxosceles reclusa Latrodectus mactans
===== ''Godha'' (monitor) =====
===== ''Godha'' (monitor) =====
The same description of ''godha'' has been explained in Ashtanga Hridaya. (A.H.U.36/7). Though there is no such cross breed between a snake and a lizard, in the process of evolution, the snakes are derived from the lizards and both have several features in common. Some lizards can even spread out their upper neck stimulating a cobra or ''Darveekara Sarpa''.(animals.pawnation.com/characteristics-lizards-snakes-have-8612.html) may be such varieties are explained as ''gaudheyaka''.
The same description of ''godha'' has been explained in Ashtanga Hridaya. (A.H.U.36/7). Though there is no such cross breed between a snake and a lizard, in the process of evolution, the snakes are derived from the lizards and both have several features in common. Some lizards can even spread out their upper neck stimulating a cobra or ''Darveekara Sarpa''.(animals.pawnation.com/characteristics-lizards-snakes-have-8612.html) may be such varieties are explained as ''gaudheyaka''.
−=== Glossary ===
=== Glossary ===