Note 581 — Chapter XXXVII · TRAINING THE PASSAGE SAKER TO COMMON HERON[580]
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
T̤alba, P., “a lure”: in India dalba, corrup. of t̤alba. In Baṣrah and Baghdad the lure is called baftara, but in Kwet and Bahrain Island milwā,iḥ, root unknown.