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[Roland Steiner]

According to Paul Thieme saarasa designates the "Antigone-
Kranich" (Grus antigone); see his article: "Kranich und Reiher
im Sanskrit", in "Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik 1 (1975), pp.
3-36, esp. pp. 5-8. For an illustration of this bird, see Salim Ali,
"The Book of Indian Birds", 2nd ed., Bombay 1943,  p. 333
("The Sarus Crane").

With best regards,
Roland Steiner