Note 485:

tusārā A type of tree. Perhaps somehow related to tus "Pain in the stomach caused by a witch" (Turner 1980:288), which is a reasonable association, since its branches are useful for bewitching someone as well as for herbal treatment. Its leaves are used in Gumān's version of this story for the poultice that the stricken deer puts on, and form "fish" to feed the witches in III.11.486 tiun A broth. This episode is clarified by Kamāro's version, below, in which a buffalo is sacrificed and "Fat-Throated Shaman," Jumrātam's pupil, desires its lungs as his share.