Glossary of Materia Medica of the Bhāvaprakāśa 4

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Now, the proud Rāvaṇa, king of the demons and ruler of Laṅkā,
afflicted with desire, forcefully abducted Sītā, the wife of Rāma.

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Then the mighty Rāma, surrounded by the monkey army,
slew that enemy who had abducted his wife on the battlefield.

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When that enemy of the gods, Rāvaṇa, puffed up with pride in his strength, was slain,
Indra, the thousand-eyed king of the gods, was extremely pleased with the descendant of Raghu.

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Then whichever monkeys had been slain in the battle by the demons,
Indra brought them back to life by sprinkling them with showers of nectar.

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Then, in whatever places drops of nectar fell down
from the bodies of the monkeys, from them guḍūcī was born.

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Guḍūcī, madhuparṇī, amṛtā, amṛtavallarī,
chinnā, chinnaruhā, chinnodbhavā, and vatsādanī;

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jīvantī, tantrikā, somā, somavallī, kuṇḍalī,
cakralakṣaṇikā, dhīrā, viśalyā, and rasāyanī;

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candrahāsā, vayasthā, maṇḍalī, and devanirmitā [are synonyms].
Guḍūcī is pungent, bitter, has a sweet post-digestive taste, and is rejuvenative;

it is bowel-binding, astringent, hot, light, strengthening, and a digestive stimulant.
It removes the three doshas, undigested toxic waste (āma), thirst, burning sensation, urinary disorder, cough, anemia,

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jaundice, obstinate skin diseases, gout, fever, worms, and vomiting;
it cures urinary disorders, dyspnea, cough, hemorrhoids, dysuria, heart disease, and vāta dosha.

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Tāmbūlavallī, tāmbūlī, nāginī, and nāgavallarī [are synonyms].
Betel leaf (tāmbūla) is cleansing, appetizing, sharp, hot, astringent, and laxative;

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it is subduing, bitter, pungent, alkaline, aggravates bleeding disorders, is light,
strengthening, and removes kapha dosha, foul breath, impurities, vāta dosha, and fatigue.

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Bilva, śāṇḍilya, śailūṣa, as well as mālūra and śrīphala. / Śrīphala is astringent, bitter, bowel-binding, dry, and generates digestive fire and pitta dosha. / It removes vāta and phlegm, is strengthening, light, hot, and a digestant.

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Gambhārī, bhadraparṇī, śrīparṇī, madhuparṇikā, / kāśmīrī, kāśmarī, hīrā, kāśmarya, and pītarohiṇī,

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kṛṣṇavṛntā, madhurasā, and also mahākusumikā. / Kāśmīrī is astringent, bitter, hot in potency, sweet, and heavy.

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It is a digestive stimulant, a digestant, intellect-promoting, purgative (bowel-cleaving), overcomes vertigo and wasting, / and dispels [vitiated] doshas, thirst, ama, colic pain, hemorrhoids, poison, burning sensation, and fever.

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Its fruit is nourishing, aphrodisiac, heavy, beneficial for the hair, and rejuvenative; / it cures vāta, pitta, thirst, bleeding, consumption, and retention of urine.

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Sweet in post-digestive taste, cold, unctuous, astringent-sour, it produces purification. / It destroys burning sensation, thirst, vātarakta, bleeding disorders, wounds, and wasting.

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Pāṭali, pāṭalā, amoghā, madhudūtī, phaleruhā, / kṛṣṇavṛntā, kuberākṣī, kālasthālī, and alivallabhā;

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and it is called tāmrapuṣpī; another [variety] is the white pāṭalā: / muṣkaka, mokṣaka, ghaṇṭāpāṭalī, and kāṣṭhapāṭalā.

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Pāṭalā is astringent, bitter, not hot, and removes the three doshas; / it alleviates anorexia, dyspnea, swelling, blood [disorders], vomiting, hiccup, and thirst.

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Its flower is astringent, sweet, cold, wholesome for the heart, and relieves phlegm and blood [disorders]; / it cures pitta-diarrhea and is beneficial to the throat. Its fruit removes hiccup and bleeding disorders.

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Agnimantha, jaya; and it is [also] named śrīparṇī, gaṇikārikā, / jayā, jayantī, tarkārī, nādeyī, and vaijayantikā.

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Agnimantha removes swelling, is hot in potency, and cures phlegm and vāta; / it relieves anemia, is pungent, bitter, astringent, sweet, and promotes digestive fire.

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Śyonāka is śoṣaṇa, and also naṭa, kaṭvaṅga, ṭuṇṭuka, / maṇḍūkaparṇa, patrorṇa, śukanāsa, kuṭannaṭa,

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dīrghavṛnta, aralu, and pṛthuśimba, kaṭambhara. / Śyonāka is a digestive stimulant, pungent in post-digestive taste, astringent, cold, / bowel-binding, bitter, and destroys vāta, phlegm, pitta, and cough.

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The young fruit of ṭuṇṭuka is dry, and removes vāta and phlegm.

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It is wholesome for the heart, astringent, sweet, appetising, light, and a digestive stimulant; / it cures abdominal swellings, hemorrhoids, and intestinal worms. When mature, it is heavy and aggravates vāta dosha.

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Śrīphala, sarvatobhadrā, pāṭalā, gaṇikārikā, / and śyonāka: by these five the Great Five Roots (mahat pañcamūla) is known.

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The Great Five Roots is bitter, astringent, pacifies phlegm and vāta, / sweet, cures dyspnea and cough, is hot, light, and a digestive stimulant.

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Śālaparṇī, sthirā, saumyā, triparṇī, pīvarī, guhā, / vidārigandhā, dīrghāṅgī, dīrghapatrā, and aṃśumatī.

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Śālaparṇī is heavy, and cures vomiting, fever, dyspnea, and diarrhea.

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It removes wasting and the three doshas, is described as nourishing, rejuvenative, / bitter, removes poison, sweet, and destroys cough due to chest wounds and intestinal worms.

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Pṛśniparṇī, pṛthakparṇī, citraparṇī, ahiparṇī, / kroṣṭuvinnā, siṃhapucchī, kalaśī, dhāvanī, guhā.

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Pṛśniparṇī pacifies all three doshas, is aphrodisiac, hot, sweet, and non-laxative; / it destroys burning sensation, fever, dyspnea, dysentery with blood, thirst, and vomiting.

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Vārttākī, kṣudrabhaṇṭākī, mahatī, bṛhatī, kulī, / hiṅgulī, rāṣṭrikā, siṃhī, mahoṣṭrī, duṣpradharṣiṇī. / Bṛhatī is bowel-binding, wholesome for the heart, a digestant, and cures phlegm and vāta dosha.

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It is pungent, bitter, destroys bad taste in the mouth, impurities, and anorexia; / it is hot, and cures obstinate skin disease, fever, dyspnea, colic pain, cough, and impaired digestive fire.

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Kaṇṭakārī, duḥsparśā, kṣudrā, vyāghrī, nidigdhikā, / kaṇṭālikā, kaṇṭakinī, dhāvanī, and bṛhatī.

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The white kṣudrā is candrahāsā, lakṣmaṇā, kṣetradūtikā, / garbhadā, candramā, candrī, candrapuṣpā, and priyaṅkarī.

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Kaṇṭakārī is laxative, bitter, pungent, a digestive stimulant, and light.

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It is dry, hot, a digestant, and destroys cough, dyspnea, fever, phlegm, and vāta dosha; / it cures chronic rhinitis, pain in the flanks, intestinal worms, and heart disease.

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The fruit of both of these is pungent in taste and pungent in post-digestive taste; / it purges semen, is purgative (bowel-cleaving), bitter, generates pitta and digestive fire, is light, / and destroys phlegm, vāta, itching, cough, excess fat, intestinal worms, and fever.

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The white kṣudrā is declared to have the same [properties], and specifically produces pregnancy.

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Gokṣura is also kṣuraka, trikaṇṭa, svādukaṇṭaka, / gokaṇṭaka, gokṣuraka, and vanaśṛṅgāṭa;

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and likewise palaṅkaṣā, śvadaṃṣṭrā, and ikṣugandhikā. / Gokṣura is cold, sweet, strength-giving, and purifies the bladder.

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It is sweet, a digestive stimulant, aphrodisiac, nourishing, and removes urinary stones; / it cures urinary disorder (including diabetes), dyspnea, cough, hemorrhoids, dysuria, heart disease, and vāta dosha.

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Śālaparṇī, pṛśniparṇī, vārttākī, kaṇṭakārikā, / and gokṣura: by these five the Lesser Five Roots (kaniṣṭha pañcamūla) [is formed].

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The Lesser Five Roots is light, sweet, strengthening, pacifies pitta and vāta, / not excessively hot, nourishing, bowel-binding, and dispels fever, dyspnea, and urinary stones.

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By both of the Five Roots, the Ten Roots (daśamūla) is described. / The Ten Roots pacifies all three doshas, and cures dyspnea, cough, headache, / drowsiness, swelling, fever, abdominal distension, pain in the flanks, and anorexia.

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Jīvantī, jīvanī, jīvā, jīvanīyā, madhusravā, / and called māṅgalyanāmadheyā, best of pot-herbs, and payasvinī.

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Jīvantī is cold, sweet, unctuous, pacifies all three doshas, / rejuvenative, strength-giving, beneficial to the eyes, bowel-binding, and light.

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Mudgaparṇī, kākaparṇī, sūryaparṇī, alpikā, sahā,

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and it is called kākamudgā, and likewise mārjāragandhikā. / Mudgaparṇī is cold, dry, bitter, sweet, and promotes semen.

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It is beneficial to the eyes, destroys wounds and swelling, is bowel-binding, relieves fever and burning sensation, / pacifies all three doshas, is light, and cures chronic bowel disorder, hemorrhoids, and diarrhea.

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Māṣaparṇī, sūryaparṇī, kāmbojī, hayapucchikā, / pāṇḍulomaśaparṇī, kṛṣṇavṛntā, and mahāsahā.

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Māṣaparṇī is cold, bitter, dry, generates semen and phlegm, / sweet, bowel-binding, and cures swelling, vāta, pitta, fever, and blood disorders.

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The group of eight herbs together with yaṣṭīmadhu, jīvantī, mudgaparṇikā, / and māṣaparṇī: this group is remembered as the vitalising (jīvanīya) group.

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It is celebrated by the name jīvana and madhura. / The vitalising group is described as semen-producing, nourishing, cold,

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heavy, bestowing pregnancy, producing breast milk and phlegm, and removing pitta and blood [disorders]; / it dispels thirst, wasting, fever, burning sensation, and bleeding disorders.

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The white castor plant is āmaṇḍa, citra, gandharvahastaka, / pañcāṅgula, vardhamāna, dīrghadaṇḍa, vyaḍambaka,

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vātāri, taruṇa, and is called rubūka. / The other is the red rubūka, urubūka, and rubu,

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vyāghrapuccha, vātāri, cañcu, and uttānapatraka. / The pair of castor plants is sweet, hot, heavy, and destroys

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colic pain, swelling, pain in the hips, bladder, and head, abdominal disease, fever, / hydrocele/hernia, dyspnea, phlegm, abdominal distension, cough, obstinate skin disease, and vāta dosha.

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The castor leaf destroys vāta dosha, eliminates kapha dosha and worms, / relieves dysuria, but aggravates pitta and blood; / the tender sprout of castor is pre-eminent in curing abdominal lumps and bladder colic.

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It eliminates kapha dosha, vāta dosha, and worms, and also all seven types of scrotal enlargement; / the fruit of castor is extremely hot, and eliminates abdominal lumps, colic pain, and vāta dosha.

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It cures liver and spleen disorders, enlargement of the abdomen, and hemorrhoids; it is pungent and an excellent digestive stimulant; / likewise its kernel is a laxative (bowel-cleaving) and eliminates vāta dosha, phlegm, and enlargement of the abdomen.

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Śvetārka [white Calotropis procera] is known as gaṇarūpa, mandāra, vasuka, / śvetapuṣpa, sadāpuṣpa, alarka, and pratāpasa.

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The red one is designated as arka, arkaparṇa, vikīraṇa, / raktapuṣpa, śuklaphala, and also asphoṭa.

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Both varieties of arka are mobile, and eliminate vāta dosha, obstinate skin disease, itching, poison, and wounds, / and also spleen enlargement, abdominal lumps, hemorrhoids, enlargement of the abdomen caused by phlegm, and fecal worms.

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The flower of alarka is aphrodisiac, light, digestive stimulant, and digestant; / it cures anorexia, salivation, hemorrhoids, cough, and dyspnea.

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The flower of red arka is sweet, slightly bitter, eliminates obstinate skin disease and worms, and destroys kapha dosha; / it cures hemorrhoids, poison, and bleeding disorder, is astringent (bowel-binding), and beneficial in abdominal lumps and swelling.

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The milky latex of arka is bitter, hot, unctuous, slightly salty, and light; / it removes obstinate skin disease, abdominal lumps, and enlargement of the abdomen, and is an excellent purgative.

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Sehuṇḍa [Euphorbia neriifolia] is known as siṃhatuṇḍa, vajrī, vajradruma, / sudhā, samantadugdhā, and snuk, and in the feminine gender as snuhī and guḍā.

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Sehuṇḍa is a purgative, sharp, digestive stimulant, pungent, and heavy; / it removes colic pain, āma, prostatic enlargement, flatulence, abdominal lumps from kapha dosha, enlargement of the abdomen, and vāta dosha,

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insanity, stupor, obstinate skin disease, hemorrhoids, swelling, obesity, urinary calculi, anemia, / ulcerous swelling, fever, spleen enlargement, poison, and slow poison.

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The milky latex of snuhī is hot in potency, unctuous, pungent, and light; / for patients with abdominal lumps and with obstinate skin disease, as well as those with enlargement of the abdomen,

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and for those with other chronic diseases, this is beneficial for the purpose of purgation.

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Śātalā is saptalā, sārā, vimalā, vidulā, / and also declared as bhūriphenā and carmakaṣā.

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Śātalā is pungent in post-digestive taste, aggravates vāta dosha, is cooling, light, / and bitter; it overcomes swelling, kapha dosha, abdominal distension, pitta dosha, upward movement of wind, and blood.

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Kalihārī [Gloriosa superba] is halinī, lāṅgalī, śakrapuṣpī, / viśalyā, agniśikhā, anantā, vahnivaktrā, and garbhanut; / kalihārī is mobile, and overcomes obstinate skin disease, swelling, hemorrhoids, wounds, and colic pain;

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it is alkaline, overcomes phlegm, is bitter, pungent, and astringent; / it is sharp, hot, destroys worms, is light, aggravates pitta dosha, and causes abortion.

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Karavīra [Nerium indicum] is śvetapuṣpa, śatakumbha, and aśvamāraka; / the second variety has red flowers, and is known as caṇḍāta and laguḍa.

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Both varieties of karavīra are bitter, astringent, and pungent; / they bring lightness to wounds and alleviate ophthalmia, obstinate skin disease, and wounds;

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they are hot in potency, destroy worms and itching, and are considered like poison when eaten.

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Dhattūra [Datura metel] is known as dhūrtta, dhuttūra, unmatta, kanaka, / devatā, kitava, tūrī, mahāmohī, śivapriya,

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mātula, and madana; its fruit is called mātulaputraka; / dhattūra produces intoxication, improves complexion and digestive fire, aggravates vāta dosha, and cures fever and obstinate skin disease;

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it is astringent, sweet, bitter, and destroys lice and nits; / it is hot, heavy, and eliminates wounds, phlegm, itching, worms, and poison.

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Vāsaka [Adhatoda vasica] is vāsikā, vāsā, bhiṣaṅmātā, siṃhikā, / siṃhāsya, vājidantā, āṭarūṣa, and aṭarūṣaka;

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it is remembered as aṭarūṣa, vṛṣa, tāmra, and siṃhaparṇa; / vāsaka causes vāta dosha, improves the voice, and destroys kapha dosha, pitta dosha, and blood;

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it is bitter, astringent, pleasing to the heart, light, cold, and relieves thirst and pain; / it eliminates dyspnea, cough, fever, vomiting, urinary disorder (including diabetes), obstinate skin disease, and consumption.

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Parpaṭa [Fumaria parviflora] is recorded as varatikta and parpaṭaka; / its synonyms are declared to be pāṃśu and also kavaca.

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Parpaṭa destroys bleeding disorder, dizziness, thirst, kapha dosha, and fever; / it is astringent (bowel-binding), cooling, bitter, removes burning sensation, aggravates vāta dosha, and is light.

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Nimba [Azadirachta indica] is picumarda, picumanda, tiktaka, / ariṣṭa, pāribhadra, and also hiṅguniryāsa.

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Nimba is cold, light, bowel-binding, pungent in post-digestive taste, and destroys digestive fire and vāta dosha; / it is not pleasing to the heart, and relieves fatigue, thirst, cough, fever, anorexia, worms, / wounds, pitta dosha, kapha dosha, vomiting, obstinate skin disease, nausea, and urinary disorder (including diabetes).

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The leaf of nimba is considered beneficial to the eyes, and removes worms, pitta dosha, and poison; / it aggravates vāta dosha, is pungent in post-digestive taste, and cures all types of anorexia and obstinate skin disease.

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The fruit of nimba is bitter in taste, but pungent in post-digestive taste, purgative (bowel-cleaving), / unctuous, light, hot, destroys obstinate skin disease, and cures abdominal lumps, hemorrhoids, worms, and urinary disorder (including diabetes).

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Mahānimba [Melia azedarach] is known as drekā, ramyaka, viṣamuṣṭika, / keśamuṣṭi, nimbaka, kārmuka, and jīva.

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Mahānimba is cooling, dry, bitter, bowel-binding, and astringent;

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it overcomes kapha dosha, pitta dosha, dizziness, vomiting, obstinate skin disease, nausea, and bleeding disorder; / it cures urinary disorder (including diabetes), dyspnea, abdominal lumps, hemorrhoids, and rat-bite poison.

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Pāribhadra [Erythrina variegata] is nimbataru, mandāra, and pārijātaka; / pāribhadra removes vāta dosha, phlegm, swelling, obesity, and worms; / its leaf cures diseases of pitta dosha and eliminates ear disorders.

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Kāñcanāra [Bauhinia variegata] is kāñcanaka, gaṇḍāri, and śoṇapuṣpaka;

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and kovidāra is marika, kuddāla, yugapatraka, / kuṇḍalī, tāmrapuṣpa, aśmantaka, and svalpakeśarī.

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Kāñcanāra is cooling, bowel-binding, astringent, and removes phlegm and pitta dosha; / it eliminates worms, obstinate skin disease, rectal prolapse, cervical lymphadenitis, and wounds.

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Kovidāra is similar to it; the flower of both of them is recorded as light, / dry, and astringent (bowel-binding), and it eliminates bleeding disorder, menorrhagia, consumption, and cough.

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Śobhāñjana [Moringa oleifera] is śigru, tīkṣṇagandha, akṣīva, and mocaka; / its seed is white pepper; madhuśigru is reddish; / śigru is pungent, pungent in post-digestive taste, sharp, hot, sweet, light,

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digestive stimulant, appetizer, dry, alkaline, bitter, causes internal burning sensation, / astringent (bowel-binding), semen-increasing, pleasing to the heart, and aggravates pitta and blood;

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it is beneficial to the eyes, pacifies kapha dosha and vāta dosha, and removes abscesses, swelling, worms, / obesity, cervical adenitis, poison, spleen enlargement, abdominal lumps, goiter, and wounds.

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The white variety should be known to have the stated properties, and specifically produces a burning sensation; / it cures spleen enlargement, abscesses, wounds, and removes pitta and blood; / madhuśigru has the stated properties, and is especially a digestive stimulant and laxative.

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The fresh juice of the bark and leaves of śigru is pre-eminent in relieving pain.

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The seed produced from śigru is beneficial to the eyes, sharp, hot, and destroys poison; / it is non-aphrodisiac, pacifies kapha dosha and vāta dosha, and when used as nasal medication cures headache.

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Āsphoṭā is girikarṇī, viṣṇukrāntā, and aparājitā [Clitoria ternatea]; / the two varieties of aparājitā are pungent, intellect-promoting, cooling, beneficial to the throat, and grant good vision;

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they eliminate obstinate skin disease, urinary disorders, the three doshas, āma, swelling, wounds, and poison; / they are astringent, pungent in post-digestive taste, bitter, and grant memory and intellect.

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Sinduvāra [Vitex negundo] is the white-flowered one, and is called sinduka and sinduvāraka; / the blue-flowered one is nirguṇḍī, śephālī, and suvahā.

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Sinduka promotes memory, is bitter, astringent, pungent, and light; / beneficial to the hair and good for the eyes, it destroys colic pain, swelling, digestive toxins, and vāta dosha, / worms, obstinate skin disease, anorexia, phlegm, and fever; the blue-flowered one is likewise.

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The leaf of the sinduvāra destroys worms, vāta dosha, and phlegm, and is light.

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Kuṭaja, kūṭaja, kauṭa, vatsaka, girimallikā,

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kāliṅga, śakraśākhin, mallikāpuṣpa, / indra, yavaphala, vṛkṣaka, and pāṇḍuradruma are spoken of [as synonyms].

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Kuṭaja is pungent, dry, a digestive stimulant, astringent, and cold; / it removes hemorrhoids, diarrhea, bleeding disorder, kapha dosha, thirst, digestive toxins, and obstinate skin disease.

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Karañja, naktamāla, karaja, and cirabilvaka; / another is ghṛtapūrṇakarañja, prakīrya, and pūtika;

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and it is called pūtikarañja and remembered as somavalka. / Karañja is pungent, sharp, hot in potency, and cures disorders of the vaginal tract; / it destroys obstinate skin disease, udāvarta, abdominal tumors, hemorrhoids, ulcers, worms, and kapha dosha.

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Its leaf is excellent in destroying kapha dosha, vāta dosha, hemorrhoids, worms, and swelling; / it is purgative (bowel-cleaving), pungent in post-digestive taste, hot in potency, pitta-increasing, and light.

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Its fruit destroys kapha dosha and vāta dosha, and overcomes urinary disorders, hemorrhoids, worms, and obstinate skin disease; / ghṛtapūrṇakarañja also is equal to karañja in its pharmacological properties.

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The third and different one is udakīrya, ṣaḍgranthā, hastivāruṇī, / markaṭī, vāyasī, karañjī, and karabhañjikā.

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Karañjī is constipating, bitter, astringent, pungent in post-digestive taste, / hot in potency, and conquers vomiting, pitta dosha, hemorrhoids, worms, obstinate skin disease, and urinary disorders (including diabetes).

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The white guñjā is called uccaṭā and is also remembered as kṛṣṇalā; / the red one is kākaciñcī, kākaṇantī, and raktikā,

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kākādanī, and kākapīlu; it is remembered as kākavallarī. / Both kinds of guñjā are beneficial to the hair, and destroy vāta dosha, pitta dosha, and fever;

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they destroy dryness of the mouth, dizziness, dyspnea, thirst, and intoxication; / they cure eye diseases, are aphrodisiac, strength-giving, and remove itching and ulcers,

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worms, alopecia, and obstinate skin diseases—both the red and the white.

4.129

Kapikacchū, ātmaguptā, vṛṣyā, and markaṭī are spoken of, / ajaḍā, kaṇḍurā, vyaṅgā, duḥsparśā, prāvṛṣāyaṇī,

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lāṅgalī, and śūkaśimbī—the very same is spoken of by the great sages. / Kapikacchū is intensely aphrodisiac, sweet, bulk-promoting, heavy, / bitter, pacifying vāta dosha, strength-giving, and destructive of kapha dosha, pitta dosha, and blood [disorders].

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Its seed is remembered as pacifying vāta dosha and an excellent aphrodisiac.

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Māṃsarohiṇī is called atiruhā, vṛttā, carmakaṣā, vasā, / prahāravallī, vikaśā, and vīravatī. / Māṃsarohiṇī is aphrodisiac, laxative, and pacifying all three doshas.

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Cihraka removes vāta dosha, destroys phlegm, nourishes the bodily tissues, / is fiery like poison, and its fruit is an exterminator of fish.

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Ṭaṅkārī overcomes vāta dosha, is bitter, destroys phlegm, is a digestive stimulant, and light; / it destroys swelling and abdominal pain, and is beneficial for those suffering from herpes of the buttocks.

4.135

Vetasa is spoken of as namraka, vānīra, and vañjula, / abhrapuṣpa, vidula, ratha, and is celebrated as śīta.

4.136

Vetasa is cooling, and dispels burning sensations, swelling, hemorrhoids, and vaginal pain; / it destroys erysipelas, dysuria, bleeding disorders, urinary calculi, kapha dosha, and vāta dosha.

4.137

Nikuñjaka, parivyādha, nādeya, and jalavetasa. / Water-born vetasa is cold, removes obstinate skin diseases, and aggravates vāta dosha.

4.138

Ijjala, hijjala, nicula, and ambuja. / Hijjala should be known to be like jalavetasa, and it destroys poison.

4.139

Aṅkoṭa, dīrghakīla, aṅkola, and nikocaka. / Aṅkoṭaka is pungent, sharp, unctuous, hot, astringent, and light;

4.140

it is purgative, destroys worms, colic pain, digestive toxins, swelling, planetary afflictions, and poison, / and dispels erysipelas, kapha dosha, bleeding disorders, and the poison of rats and serpents.

4.141

Its fruit is cooling, sweet, destroys phlegm, is bulk-promoting, heavy, / strength-giving, purgative, and conquers vāta dosha, pitta dosha, burning sensations, phthisis, and bleeding disorders.

4.142

Balā is vāṭyālikā, vāṭyā, and the very same is also vāṭyālakā; / mahābalā is yellow-flowered and remembered as sahadevī.

4.143

Different from that is atibalā, spoken of by the ṛṣis, and it is kaṅkatikā; / gāṅgerukī is nāgabalā, jhaṣā, and hrasvagavedhukā.

4.144

The set of four balās is cold, sweet, promotes strength and complexion, / is unctuous, bowel-binding, and destroys vāta dosha, bleeding disorders, and chest wounds.

4.145

Powder of the root bark of balā drunk with milk and refined sugar / cures polyuria (excessive urination); this has been observed, there is no doubt.

4.146

Mahābalā removes dysuria and directs vāta dosha downward; / atibalā together with milk and sugar candy destroys urinary disorders.

4.147

Having leaves marked with small red specks shaped like a human male figure,

4.148

lakṣmaṇā is male-child-producing, and has the odor and appearance of a goat; / lakṣmaṇā is declared by the foremost of sages to inevitably bestow a son.

4.149

Svarṇavallī, raktaphalā, kākāyu, and kākavallarī. / Svarṇavallī cures headache and all three doshas, and promotes lactation.

4.150

Kārpāsī is also called tuṇḍakeśī and samudrāntā. / Karpāsakī is light, slightly warm, sweet, and destroys vāta dosha.

4.151

Its leaf destroys vāta dosha, generates blood, and increases urine; / it destroys boils, ringing, and the discharge of pus from the ears.

4.152

Its seed gives breast-milk, is aphrodisiac, unctuous, generates kapha dosha, and is heavy.

4.153

Vaṃśa, tvaksāra, karmāra, tvacisāra, tṛṇadhvaja, / śataparvan, yavaphala, veṇu, maskara, and tejana.

4.154

Vaṃśa is laxative, cold, sweet, astringent, cleanses the urinary bladder, / is excising (phlegm-clearing), destroys kapha dosha and pitta dosha, and conquers obstinate skin diseases, bleeding disorders, ulcers, and swelling.

4.155

Its shoot is pungent in post-digestive taste and in taste, dry, heavy, laxative, / astringent, kapha-producing, sweet, causes a burning sensation during digestion, and increases vāta dosha and pitta dosha.

4.156

Its grains, however, are laxative, dry, astringent, pungent in post-digestive taste, / producing vāta dosha and pitta dosha, hot, constipating the urine, and destroying kapha dosha.

4.157

Nala, poṭagala, śūnyamadhya, and dhamana. / Nala is sweet, bitter, astringent, and conquers kapha dosha and blood [disorders]; / it is hot, and relieves pain of the heart, urinary bladder, and vaginal tract, burning sensations, pitta dosha, and erysipelas.

4.158

Bhadramuñja, śara, bāṇa, tejana, and ikṣuveṣṭana.

4.159

Muñja, muñjātaka, bāṇa, sthūladarbha, and sumekhala. / Both kinds of muñja are sweet, astringent, and cool;

4.160

they conquer burning sensations, thirst, erysipelas, bleeding disorders, dysuria, and eye diseases, / pacify all three doshas, are aphrodisiac, and are used in girdles.

4.161

Kāsa is designated as kāsekṣu, and it is ikṣurasa, / ikṣvālikā, ikṣugandhā, and is remembered as poṭagala.

4.162

Kāsa is sweet, bitter, sweet in post-digestive taste, cold, and rough; / it overcomes dysuria, gravel, burning sensations, bleeding disorders, phthisis, and diseases caused by pitta dosha.

4.163

Gundra, paṭeraka, gulma, having a root resembling ginger. / Gundra is astringent, sweet, cold, and overcomes pitta dosha and blood [disorders]; / it purifies breast-milk, semen, menses, and urine, and removes dysuria.

4.164

Erakā, gundramūlā, śivira, gundrā, and śarī. / Erakā is cold, aphrodisiac, beneficial to the eyes, aggravates vāta dosha, / and destroys dysuria, urinary calculi, burning sensations, pitta dosha, and blood [disorders].

4.165

Kuśa, darbha, barhis, sūcyagra, and yajñabhūṣaṇa. / Another from that is dīrghapatra and likewise kṣurapatra.

4.166

The pair of darbhas pacifies all three doshas, is sweet, astringent, and cold. / It overcomes dysuria, urinary calculus, thirst, bladder pain, menorrhagia, and bleeding disorders.

4.167

Kattṛṇa, rauhiṣa, devajagdha, and also saugandhika, / bhūtika, dhyāmapaura, śyāmaka, and dhūpagandhika [are synonyms].

4.168

Rauhiṣa is astringent, bitter, and pungent in post-digestive taste; it dispels / diseases of the heart and throat, bleeding disorders, colic pain, cough, and fever born of kapha dosha.

4.169

Guhyabīja, bhūtīka, sugandha, jambukapriya, / bhūtṛṇa, chatrā, and mālātṛṇaka [are synonyms].

4.170

Bhūtṛṇa is pungent, bitter, sharp, hot, purgative, light, / causing a burning sensation, a digestive stimulant, dry, unbeneficial to the eyes, and a mouth purifier;

4.171

Non-aphrodisiac, producing abundant feces, and vitiating pitta dosha and blood.

4.172

Blue dūrbā is declared [by the synonyms] ruhā, anantā, bhārgavī, śataparvikā, / śaṣpa, sahasravīryā, and śatavallī.

4.173

Blue dūrvā is cold, bitter, sweet, and astringent; it removes / kapha dosha, bleeding disorders, erysipelas, thirst, burning sensations, and skin diseases.

4.174

White dūrvā is spoken of as golomī and śatavīryā. / White dūrvā is astringent, sweet, beneficial for wounds, life-prolonging, / bitter, and cold; it cures erysipelas, bleeding disorders, thirst, pitta dosha, kapha dosha, and burning sensations.

4.175

Gaṇḍadūrvā [is known by the synonyms] gaṇḍālī, matsyākṣī, and śakulādanī. / Gaṇḍadūrvā is cold, dissolving iron, bowel-binding, and light;

4.176

Bitter, astringent, sweet, generating vāta dosha, pungent in post-digestive taste, / and an alleviator of burning sensations, thirst, kapha dosha, bleeding disorders, obstinate skin diseases, pitta dosha, and fevers.

4.177

That which is called vārāhīkanda is called gṛṣṭi in the western region; / vārāhīkanda itself is regarded by others as carmakārāluka.

4.178

Born in marshy lands, hairy like a boar, / having the mouth of a boar, it is also called gṛṣṭi and varadā.

4.179

Vārāhī is sweet and bitter in taste, but pungent in post-digestive taste; / increasing semen, lifespan, voice, complexion, digestive fire, strength, and pitta dosha; / curing kapha dosha, obstinate skin diseases, vāta dosha, urinary disorders, and parasites; and a rejuvenative.

4.180

Vidārī is svādukandā, and it is known as kroṣṭrī and sitā, / ikṣugandhā, kṣīravallī, kṣīraśuklā, and payasvinī.

4.181

Vidārī is sweet, unctuous, nourishing, and provides breast-milk and semen;

4.182

Cold, beneficial to the voice, diuretic, life-prolonging, giving strength and complexion, / heavy, cures bleeding disorders, vāta dosha, and burning sensations, and is a rejuvenative.

4.183

Tālamūlī is proclaimed by the wise as muśalī. / Muśalī is sweet, aphrodisiac, hot in potency, nourishing, heavy, / bitter, rejuvenative, and dispels hemorrhoids as well as vāta dosha.

4.184

Śatāvarī, bahusutā, bhīru, indīvarī, varī, / nārāyaṇī, śatapadī, śatavīryā, and pīvarī [are synonyms].

4.185

Another is mahāśatāvarī: śatamūlī, ūrdhvakaṇṭikā, / sahasravīryā, hetu, ṛṣyaproktā, and mahodarī [are its synonyms].

4.186

Śatāvarī is heavy, cold, bitter, sweet, and rejuvenative; / giving intellect, digestive fire, and nourishment, unctuous, beneficial to the eyes, and overcomes abdominal tumors and diarrhea;

4.187

Producing semen and breast-milk, strengthening, and cures vāta dosha, bleeding disorders, and swelling. / Mahāśatāvarī is intellect-promoting, cordial, aphrodisiac, rejuvenative,

4.188

Cold in potency, and cures hemorrhoids, sprue, and diseases of the eyes. / Its sprout pacifies all three doshas, is light, and destroys hemorrhoids and wasting.

4.189

Gandhāntā, vājināmādi, aśvagandhā, hayāhvayā, / varāhakarṇī, varadā, baladā, and kuṣṭhagandhinī [are synonyms].

4.190

Aśvagandhā eliminates vāta dosha, kapha dosha, vitiligo, swelling, and wasting; / it is strengthening, rejuvenative, bitter, astringent, hot, and highly semen-producing.

4.191

Pāṭhā, ambaṣṭhā, ambaṣṭhakī, prācīnā, pāpacelikā, / ekāṣṭhīlā, rasā, pāṭhikā, and varatiktikā are stated [as synonyms].

4.193

Pāṭhā is hot, pungent, sharp, dispels vāta dosha and kapha dosha, and is light; / it cures colic pain, fever, vomiting, obstinate skin diseases, diarrhea, heart diseases, / burning sensations, itching, poisons, asthma, parasites, abdominal tumors, artificial poison, and wounds.

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Bhāvaprakāśanighaṇṭu — Bhāvamiśra 1550, Sanskrit

Glossary of Materia Medica of the Bhāvaprakāśa 4

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