Glossary of Materia Medica of the Bhāvaprakāśa 3

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3.1

In masculine and neuter, karpūra is remembered as sitābhra, himavāluka, / ghanasāra, candrasaṃjña, and himanāman [camphor].

3.2

Camphor is cold, aphrodisiac, beneficial to the eyes, scarifying, light, / fragrant, sweet, bitter, and destroys kapha, pitta, and poisons.

It destroys burning sensation, thirst, bad taste in the mouth, obesity, and foul odor. / Camphor is said to be of two kinds according to the distinction of prepared and unprepared; / they say that unprepared [camphor] is superior in qualities to prepared camphor.

3.4

Camphor termed cīnāka is remembered to diminish kapha; / it removes obstinate skin diseases, itching, and vomiting, and has a bitter taste.

3.5

Mṛganābhi is called mṛgamada, sahasrabhit, / kastūrikā, kastūrī, and vedhamukhyā [musk].

3.6

Born in Kāmarūpa it is black; from Nepal it possesses a blue-black color; / from Kashmir it has a tawny hue: musk is remembered as threefold.

3.7

That born in Kāmarūpa is the best, that from Nepal would be middling, / and musk produced in the country of Kashmir is considered inferior.

3.8

Musk is pungent, bitter, alkaline, hot, semen-increasing, heavy, / and removes kapha, vāta, poison, vomiting, chills, foul odor, and wasting.

3.9

Latākastūrikā is bitter, sweet, aphrodisiac, cold, light, / beneficial to the eyes, excising, and cures kapha dosha, thirst, and diseases of the bladder and mouth.

3.10

The semen of the civet cat imparts vigor and removes kapha and vāta; / it removes itching and obstinate skin diseases, is beneficial to the eyes, fragrant, and cures the smell of sweat.

3.11

Śrīkhaṇḍa, candana (not feminine), bhadraśrī, tailaparṇika, / gandhasāra, malayaja, and candradyuti [sandalwood].

3.12

Bitter in taste, yellow when rubbed, red when cut, white within the substance, / possessing knots and hollows—[such] sandalwood is said to be the best.

3.13

Sandalwood is cold, dry, bitter, gladdening, light, / and removes fatigue, wasting, poison, kapha dosha, thirst, pitta, bleeding disorders, and burning sensation.

3.14

Kālīyaka is kālīya, yellowish, haricandana,

3.15

haripriya, kālasāra, and likewise kālānusāryaka. / Kālīyaka has properties like red sandalwood and especially destroys facial blemishes.

3.16

Raktacandana is called raktāṅga, kṣudracandana, / tilaparṇa, raktasāra, and is remembered as pravālaphala [red sandalwood].

3.17

Red [sandalwood] is cold, heavy, sweet, and removes vomiting, thirst, and bleeding disorders; / it is bitter, beneficial to the eyes, aphrodisiac, and cures fever, wounds, and poison.

3.18

Pataṅga is raktasāra, suraṅga, rañjana, / paṭṭarañjaka, pattūra, and kucandana [sappanwood].

3.19

Pataṅga is sweet, cold, and relieves pitta, kapha, wounds, and bleeding disorders; / it should be understood as similar to haricandana, and especially destroys burning sensation.

3.20

All sandalwoods are similar in tastes and the like; / there is, however, a distinction in fragrance, and the first is the very best in qualities.

3.21

Aguru is pravara, loha, rājārha, yogaja, / vaṃśika, kṛmija, kṛmijagdha, and anāryaka [agarwood].

3.22

Agarwood is hot, pungent, beneficial to the skin, bitter, sharp, and increases pitta; / it is light, destroys diseases of the ears and eyes, and removes coldness, vāta, and kapha.

3.23

The black kind possesses superior qualities; it sinks in water like iron. / The oil produced from agarwood is remembered to be equal to black agarwood.

3.24

Devadāru is remembered as dārubhadra, dāru, indradāru, / mastadāru, drukilima, kilima, and surabhūruha [deodar cedar].

3.25

Devadāru is light, unctuous, bitter, hot, and pungent in post-digestive taste; / it overcomes constipation, flatulence, edema, indigestion, drowsiness, hiccups, fever, and bleeding disorders, / and removes urinary disorders, chronic rhinitis, kapha dosha, cough, itching, and vāta dosha.

3.26

Sarala is pītavṛkṣa and surabhidāruka [chir pine]. / Sarala is sweet, bitter, pungent in post-digestive taste and taste, light,

3.27

unctuous, hot, and is remembered to dispel diseases of the ear, throat, and eyes, and evil spirits; / it removes kapha, vāta, sweat, burning sensation, cough, fainting, and wounds.

3.28

Kālānusārya is tagara, kuṭila, nahuṣa, nata; / another is piṇḍatagara, daṇḍahastin, and barhiṇa [valerian].

3.29

The two tagaras are hot, sweet, unctuous, and remembered as light; / they remove poisons, epilepsy, colic pain, eye diseases, and all three doshas.

3.30

Padmaka is padmagandhi and remembered as padmāhvaya [Himalayan wild cherry]. / Padmaka is astringent, bitter, cold, increases vāta, and is light.

3.31

It relieves erysipelas, burning sensation, eruptions, obstinate skin diseases, kapha dosha, and bleeding disorders; / it promotes stability of the fetus, stimulates appetite, and removes vomiting, wounds, and thirst.

3.32

Guggulu is devadhūpa, jaṭāyu, kauśika, pura, / kumbholūkhalaka (in neuter), mahiṣākṣa, and palaṅkaṣa [Indian bdellium].

3.33

Mahiṣākṣa, mahānīla, kumuda, padma, / and hiraṇya as the fifth are to be known: there are five varieties of guggulu.

3.34

That which has the color of bhṛṅgāñjana is remembered as mahiṣākṣa; / mahānīla is to be known as having characteristics like its name;

3.35

kumuda has the appearance of a water-lily; padma resembles a ruby; / and that named hiraṇya resembles gold: thus the characteristics of the five are stated.

3.36

Mahiṣākṣa and mahānīla are both beneficial for noble elephants; / kumuda and padma are supreme in promoting health and welfare for horses.

3.37

Kanaka is celebrated as especially suitable for humans; / occasionally mahiṣākṣa also is considered by some [suitable] for humans.

3.38

Guggulu is non-slimy, bitter, hot in potency, increases pitta, mobile, / astringent, pungent, pungent in post-digestive taste, dry, and supremely light.

3.39

It unites fractures, is aphrodisiac, subtle, beneficial to the voice, rejuvenative, / digestive stimulant, slimy, strengthening; kapha, vāta, wounds, lymphadenitis,

3.40

obesity, urinary disorders, urinary calculi, vāta disorders, moist skin diseases, obstinate skin diseases, āmavāta, / furuncles, cystic tumors, swelling, bleeding disorders, cervical lymphadenopathy, and worms it overcomes.

3.41

Through its sweetness it pacifies vāta, and from its astringency it destroys pitta; / through its bitterness it conquers kapha: therefore guggulu destroys all doshas.

3.42

When fresh it is nourishing and aphrodisiac, but when aged it is exceedingly scarifying.

3.43

Unctuous, resembling gold, looking like a ripe jambu fruit, / fragrant, and slimy—[such] is declared to be fresh guggulu.

3.44

Dry, foul-smelling, having lost its natural color, / and bereft of potency—that guggulu is to be known as aged.

3.45

Sour [food], pungent [food], indigestion, sexual intercourse, physical exertion, sunlight, / wine, and anger should be completely abandoned by one who seeks efficacy and takes pura (guggulu).

3.46

Śrīvāsa is saralasrāva, śrīveṣṭa, and vṛkṣadhūpaka. / Śrīvāsa is sweet, bitter, unctuous, hot, astringent, and mobile (laxative).

3.47

It produces pitta; destroys vāta, diseases of the head, eyes, and voice, and kapha; / kills evil spirits; and removes sweat, foul odor, lice, itching, and wounds.

3.48

Rāla is remembered as śālaniryāsa, as well as sarjarasa, / devadhūpa, yakṣadhūpa, and also sarvarasa.

3.49

Rāla is cold, heavy, bitter, astringent, and bowel-binding; it removes / doshas, blood, sweat, erysipelas, fever, wounds, rhagades, / possession by spirits, fractures, and burns; and destroys colic pain and diarrhea.

3.50

Kunduru is mukunda, sugandha, and also kunda.

3.51

Kunduru is sweet, bitter, sharp, beneficial to the skin, pungent; it removes / fever, sweat, evil spirits, inauspiciousness, mouth diseases, kapha, and vāta.

3.52

Sihraka is turuṣka, because it arises in foreign (yavana) lands; / it is also known as kapitaila and called kapi.

3.53

Sihraka is pungent, sweet, unctuous, hot, semen-producing, luster-promoting, / aphrodisiac, beneficial to the throat; and removes sweat, obstinate skin disease, fever, burning sensation, and spirits.

3.54

Jātīphala is jātīkośa and also mālatīphala. / Jātīphala is bitter in taste, sharp, hot, appetizing, light, / pungent, digestive stimulant, bowel-binding, beneficial to the voice, and removes kapha and vāta.

3.55

It destroys bad taste in the mouth, foul odor, and black discoloration; / [and cures] intestinal worms, cough, vomiting, dyspnea, consumption, chronic rhinitis, and heart disease.

3.56

The aril of jātīphala is declared jātīpatrī by the best physicians.

3.57

Jātīpatrī is light, sweet, pungent, hot, taste-imparting, and complexion-promoting; / it removes kapha, cough, vomiting, dyspnea, thirst, worms, and poison.

3.58

Lavaṅga is devakusuma, termed śrī, and śrīprasūnaka. / Lavaṅga is pungent, bitter, light, beneficial to the eyes, and cold.

3.59

It is a digestive stimulant, digestant, appetizing, and destroys kapha and bleeding disorders; / it quickly destroys thirst, vomiting, abdominal distension, and colic pain; / and it certainly destroys cough, dyspnea, hiccough, and wasting.

3.60

Elā is sthūlā, bahulā, pṛthvīkā, and also tripuṭā,

3.61

bhadrailā, bṛhadelā, candrabālā, and niṣkuṭi. / Large cardamom is pungent in post-digestive taste and taste, digestive-fire-stimulating, and light;

3.62

it is dry, hot, and removes kapha, bleeding disorders, itching, dyspnea, and thirst; / and destroys nausea, poison, bladder disorders, head diseases, vomiting, and cough.

3.63

Sūkṣmā, upakuñcikā, tutthā, koraṅgī, drāviḍī, and truṭi [are synonyms of small cardamom]. / Small cardamom removes kapha, dyspnea, cough, hemorrhoids, and dysuria; / in taste it is considered pungent, cold, light, and pacifying vāta.

3.64

Tvak is patra, varāṅga, bhṛṅga, coca, and utkaṭa. / Cinnamon is light, hot, pungent, sweet, bitter, and dry;

3.65

it produces pitta, pacifies kapha and vāta, and destroys itching, āma, and anorexia; / and it cures diseases of the heart and bladder, vāta-hemorrhoids, worms, chronic rhinitis, and semen disorders.

3.66

Sweet tvak is tanutvak, and considered to be dārusitā.

3.67

Dārusitā is stated to be sweet, bitter, and pacifying vāta and pitta; / fragrant, semen-increasing, strengthening, and removing dryness of the mouth and thirst.

3.68

Patra, tamālapatra, and named patraka. / Patraka is slightly sweet, sharp, hot, slimy, light; / and destroys kapha, vāta, hemorrhoids, nausea, anorexia, and chronic rhinitis.

3.69

Nāgapuṣpa is remembered as nāga, keśara, nāgakeśara, / cāmpeya, nāgakiñjalka, and named kāñcana.

3.70

Nāgapuṣpa is astringent, hot, dry, light, and digestant of āma;

3.71

destroying fever, itching, thirst, sweat, vomiting, and nausea; / and removing foul odor, obstinate skin disease, erysipelas, kapha, pitta, and poison.

3.72

Equal parts of tvak, elā, and patraka are [called] trisugandhi and trijātaka. / Combined with nāgakeśara, it is called cāturjātaka.

3.73

Those two are appetizing, dry, sharp, hot, and remove bad odor from the mouth; / light, increasing pitta and digestive fire, improving complexion, and removing kapha, vāta, and poison.

3.74

Kuṅkuma is ghusṛṇa, rakta, kāśmīra, pītaka, vara, / saṅkoca, piśuna, dhīra, bāhlīka, and named śoṇita.

3.75

That saffron which is grown in fields of the Kashmir region, / having fine filaments and reddish color, with a lotus scent, is superior.

3.76

Saffron born in the Bāhlīka region is remembered as pale; / endowed with the scent of ketakī and with fine filaments, that is middling.

3.77

That Persian saffron which is declared to have the smell of honey, / slightly pale in color and with thick filaments, is inferior.

3.78

Saffron is pungent, unctuous, and conquers headache, wounds, and organisms; / bitter, anti-emetic, complexion-promoting, and destroys freckles and the three doshas.

3.79

Gorocanā is maṅgalyā, vandyā, gaurī, and rocanā. / Gorocanā is cold, bitter, subduing, auspicious, and bestowing luster; / and it removes poison, inauspiciousness, spirits, insanity, miscarriage, and bleeding from wounds.

3.80

Nakha is vyāghranakha, vyāghrāyudha, and cakrakāraka;

3.81

nakha is svalpa, declared nakhī, hanu, and haṭṭavilāsinī. / Both kinds of nakha remove evil spirits, phlegm, bleeding disorder, fever, and obstinate skin disease;

3.82

they are light, hot, semen-increasing, complexion-promoting, sweet, and remove wounds and poison; / destroying inauspiciousness and foul mouth odor; pungent in both post-digestive taste and taste.

3.83

Bāla is hrībera, barhiṣṭha, udīcya, and keśāmbu. / Bālaka is cold, dry, light, digestive stimulant, digestant; / and conquers nausea, anorexia, erysipelas, heart disease, and diarrhea with āma.

3.84

Vīraṇa is vīrataru, vīra, and bahumūlaka. / Vīraṇa is digestant, cold, anti-emetic, light, bitter,

3.85

astringent (stopping), fever-relieving, overcoming dizziness and intoxication, pacifying kapha and pitta; / and removing thirst, bleeding disorders, poison, erysipelas, dysuria, burning sensation, and wounds.

3.86

The root of vīraṇa is uśīra, and nalada, / amṛṇāla, sevya, and also samagandhika.

3.87

Uśīra is digestant, cold, astringent (stopping), light, and bitter;

3.88

sweet, fever-relieving, anti-emetic, intoxication-curing, pacifying kapha and pitta; / and removing thirst, bleeding disorders, poison, erysipelas, burning sensation, dysuria, and wounds.

3.89

Jaṭāmāṃsī is bhūtajaṭā, jaṭilā, and tapasvinī. / Māṃsī is bitter, astringent, intellect-promoting, giving luster and strength, / sweet, cold, and destroys all three doshas, bleeding disorders, burning sensation, erysipelas, and obstinate skin disease.

3.90

Śaileya is śilāpuṣpa, vṛddha, and kālānusāryaka.

3.91

Śaileya is cold, beneficial to the heart, pacifying kapha and pitta, light; / and destroys itching, obstinate skin disease, urinary calculi, burning sensation, poison, heart disease, and bleeding from the rectum.

3.92

Mustaka (not feminine), musta (in all three genders), named vārida, / and reckoned as kuruvinda; another kind is kroḍakaseruka,

3.93

bhadramusta, gundrā, and likewise nāgaramustaka. / Musta is pungent, cold, bowel-binding, bitter, digestive stimulant, and digestant;

3.94

astringent, destroying kapha, bleeding disorders, thirst, fever, anorexia, and organisms. / That mustaka which grows in marshy land is praised; / even among those, nāgaramustaka is declared superior by the sages.

3.95

Karcūra, vedhamukhya, drāviḍa, kalpaka, and śaṭī [are synonyms].
Karcūra is a digestive stimulant, appetizing, pungent, and bitter.

3.96

It is fragrant, has a pungent post-digestive taste, and destroys obstinate skin diseases, hemorrhoids, ulcers, and cough;
it is hot, light, and removes dyspnea, abdominal lumps, vāta dosha, kapha dosha, and intestinal worms.

3.97

Murā, gandhakuṭī, daityā, surabhi, and śālaparṇikā [are synonyms].

3.98

Murā is bitter, cold, sweet, light, and removes pitta dosha and vāta dosha;
it destroys fever, vitiated blood, evil spirits, and demons, and eliminates obstinate skin diseases and cough.

3.99

Śaṭhī, palāśī, ṣaḍgranthā, suvratā, gandhamūlikā,
gandhārikā, gandhavadhū, vadhū, and pṛthupalāśikā [are synonyms].

3.100

Gandhapalāśī is astringent, bowel-binding, light,
bitter, sharp, pungent, not hot, and removes bad taste and foul coating of the mouth;
it removes swelling, cough, ulcers, dyspnea, colic pain, macular skin eruptions, and malignant spirits.

3.101

Priyaṅgu, phalinī, kāntā, latā, and that called mahilā;

3.102

gundrā, gandhaphalā, śyāmā, viṣvaksenāṅganāpriyā [are synonyms].
Priyaṅgu is cooling, bitter, astringent, and removes vāta dosha and pitta dosha.

3.103

It removes bloody diarrhea, foul odor, excessive sweating, burning sensation, and fever;
it eliminates vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea, and clears numbness of the mouth;
it destroys abdominal lumps, thirst, poison, and fainting. Gandhapriyaṅgukā acts similarly.

3.104

Its fruit is sweet, dry, astringent, cooling, and heavy;
it causes constipation and flatulence, imparts strength, is bowel-binding, and conquers kapha dosha and pitta dosha.

3.105

Reṇukā, rājaputrī, nandinī, kapilā, dvijā,
bhasmagandhā, pāṇḍuputrī, and kauntī are remembered as hareṇukā.

3.106

Reṇukā has a pungent post-digestive taste, is bitter, not hot, pungent, and light;
it increases pitta dosha, is a digestive stimulant, intellect-promoting, a digestant, causes abortion,
increases kapha dosha and vāta dosha, and removes thirst, itching, poison, and burning sensation.

3.107

Granthiparṇa, granthika, kākapuccha, gucchaka,
nīlapuṣpa, and sugandha: tailaparṇaka is said to have these [synonyms].

3.108

Granthiparṇa is bitter, sharp, pungent, hot, a digestive stimulant, and light;
it destroys kapha dosha, vāta dosha, poison, dyspnea, itching, and foul body odor.

3.109

Sthauṇeyaka, barhibarha, śukrabarha, kukkura,
śīrṇaroman, śuka, śukapuṣpa, and śukacchada [are synonyms].

3.110

Sthauṇeyaka is pungent, sweet, bitter, unctuous, and pacifies all three doshas.

3.111

It promotes intellect and semen, is appetizing, repels demons, and conquers fever and worms;
it destroys obstinate skin diseases, vitiated blood, thirst, burning sensation, foul body odor, and moles.

3.112

Niśācara, dhanahara, kitava, gaṇahāsaka,
coraka, śaṅkita, caṇḍa, duṣpatra, kṣemaka, and ripu [are synonyms].
Coraka is sweet, bitter, pungent, has a pungent post-digestive taste, and is light;

3.113

it is sharp, beneficial to the heart, cold, and destroys obstinate skin diseases, itching, kapha dosha, and vāta dosha,
demons, ill-fortune, excessive sweating, excess fat, vitiated blood, fever, foul body odor, poison, and ulcers.

3.114

Tālīsa is called patrāḍhya, and it is also remembered as dhātrīpatra.

3.115

Tālīsa is light, sharp, and hot; it destroys dyspnea, cough, kapha dosha, and vāta dosha,
loss of taste, abdominal lumps, undigested food (āma), weak digestive fire, and consumption.

3.116

Kaṅkola is declared to be kolaka, and likewise remembered as koṣaphala.
Kaṅkola is light, sharp, hot, bitter, beneficial to the heart, and promotes taste;
it removes foul odor of the mouth, heart disease, kapha dosha and vāta dosha disorders, and dimness of vision.

3.117

Gandhakokilā is unctuous, hot, removes kapha dosha, is bitter, and fragrant.
Gandhamālatī should be known to be equal in properties to gandhakokilā.

3.118

Lāmajjaka is sunāla, amṛṇāla, lava, laghu,
iṣṭakāpathaka, sevya, nalada, and avadātaka.

3.119

Lāmajjaka is cold, bitter, light, and conquers all three doshas and vitiated blood;
it removes skin diseases, sweating, dysuria, burning sensation, and bleeding disorders.

3.120

Elavāluka, aileya, sugandhi, harivāluka,
elavāluka, elālu, and kapitthatvac are stated [as synonyms].

3.121

Elālu has a pungent post-digestive taste, is astringent, cooling, and light;
it destroys itching, ulcers, vomiting, thirst, cough, loss of taste, cardiac pain,
phlegm, poison, bleeding disorders, obstinate skin diseases, urinary diseases, and worms.

3.122

Kuṭannaṭa, dāsapura, bāleya, paripelava,
plava, gopura, gonarda, and kaivartīmustaka [are synonyms];

3.123

pelavapura resembles musta, has the luster of a parrot, and is vitunnaka.

3.124

Vitunnaka is cold, bitter, astringent, pungent, and gives a radiant complexion;
it eliminates kapha dosha, bleeding disorders, erysipelas, obstinate skin diseases, itching, and poison.

3.125

Spṛkkā, asṛg, brāhmaṇī, devī, marunmālā, latā, laghu,
samudrāntā, vadhū, koṭivarṣā, and also laṅkopikā [are synonyms].

3.126

Spṛkkā is sweet, cold, aphrodisiac, bitter, and removes all doshas;
it cures obstinate skin diseases, itching, poison, excessive sweating, burning sensation, ill-fortune, fever, and blood disorders.

3.127

Parpaṭī, rañjanā, kṛṣṇā, jatukā, jananī, janī,
jatukṛṣṇā, agnisaṃsparśā, jatukṛt, and cakravartinī [are synonyms].

3.128

Parpaṭī is astringent, bitter, cold, improves the complexion, and is light;
it removes poison and ulcers, and eliminates itching, kapha dosha, bleeding disorders, and obstinate skin diseases.

3.129

Nalikā, vidrumalatā, kapotacaraṇā, naṭī,
dhamanī, añjanakeśī, nirmadhyā, suṣirā, and nalī [are synonyms].

3.130

Nalikā is cold, light, beneficial to the eyes, and removes kapha dosha and pitta dosha;
it removes dysuria, urinary calculus, thirst, blood disorders, obstinate skin diseases, itching, and fever.

3.131

Prapauṇḍarīka, pauṇḍarya, cakṣuṣya, and pauṇḍarīyaka [are synonyms].
Pauṇḍarya is sweet, bitter, astringent, promotes semen, and is cold;
it is beneficial to the eyes, has a sweet post-digestive taste, enhances complexion, and eliminates pitta dosha and kapha dosha.

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Thus ends, in the section on therapeutic classes in the Bhāvaprakāśa composed by the venerable Bhāvamiśra, son of the venerable Laṭakana Miśra,
the third section, the camphor class (Karpūrādivarga).

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