Glossary of Materia Medica of the Bhāvaprakāśa 5

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[Names for lotus] either in the neuter or masculine gender: padma, nalina, aravinda, mahotpala, / sahasrapatra, kamala, śatapatra, kuśeśaya,

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paṅkeruha, tāmarasa, sārasa, sarasīruha, / bisaprasūna, rājīva, puṣkara, and ambhoruha.

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The lotus (kamala) is cold, complexion-enhancing, sweet, and conquers kapha and pitta; / it destroys thirst, burning sensation, bleeding disorders, eruptive boils, poison, and erysipelas.

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Specifically, the white lotus is known as puṇḍarīka; / the red is to be known as kokanada, and the blue is known as indīvara.

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The white lotus is cold, sweet, and conquers kapha and pitta; / slightly lesser in properties than that are the others, such as the red water lily.

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Furthermore, the collection of roots, stalks, petals, blooming flowers, and fruits / is called padminī by the wise, and it is also designated by such terms as bisinī.

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The whole lotus plant (padminī) is cold, heavy, sweet, and salty; / it removes pitta, blood, and kapha, is dry, and causes constipation and obstruction of vāta.

The young unfurled leaf is saṃvarttikā, the seed vessel is karṇikā; / the filament is called kiñjalka or keśara, its juice is known as makaranda; / the lotus stalk is mṛṇāla, and it is also remembered as bisa.

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The unfurled young leaf is cold, bitter, astringent, and drives away burning sensations and thirst; / it cures dysuria, rectal disorders, and bleeding disorders.

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The seed vessel of the lotus is bitter, astringent, sweet, and cold; / it produces clarity in the mouth, is light, and dispels thirst, bleeding disorders, kapha, and pitta.

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The filament is cold, aphrodisiac, astringent, and also bowel-binding; / it overcomes kapha, pitta, thirst, burning sensations, bleeding hemorrhoids, poison, and swelling.

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The lotus stalk is cold, aphrodisiac, conquers pitta, burning sensations, and bleeding disorders, and is heavy,

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hard to digest, sweet in post-digestive taste, and increases breast milk, vāta, and kapha; / it is bowel-binding, sweet, and dry. The lotus root (śālūka) also has identical properties.

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Padmacāriṇī is also called aticarā, avyathā, padmā, and śāradā; / padmā is not hot, is pungent, bitter, and astringent, and pacifies kapha and vāta; / it relieves dysuria and gravel/stone colic, and cures dyspnea, cough, and poison.

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The white [water lily] is called kuvalaya, kumuda, and kairava; / kumuda is slimy, unctuous, sweet, gladdening, and cold.

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Kumudvatī, kairavikā, and kumudinī [refer to the whole water-lily plant].

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When taken together with all its parts such as root and the rest, it is so designated by the wise; / the properties described for the lotus plant (padminī) are also taught for the water lily plant (kumudinī).

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Saugandhika is kalhāra, hallaka, and raktasandhyaka; / kalhāra is cold, bowel-binding, constipating, heavy, and drying.

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Vāriparṇī is kumbhikā, vārimūlī, and khamūlikā; / śaivāla is jalanīlī, śaivala, and jalaja.

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Vāriparṇī is cold, bitter, light, sweet, laxative, and pungent; / it destroys the three doshas, is dry, and causes emaciation in fever and blood diseases.

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Śaivāla is astringent, bitter, sweet, cold, light, / and unctuous; it is excellent for overcoming burning sensations, thirst, pitta, bleeding disorders, and fever.

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Śatapatrī (rose) is called taruṇī, karṇikā, cārukeśarā, / mahākumārī, gandhāḍhyā, lākṣāpuṣpā, and atimañjulā.

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Śatapatrī is cold, beneficial to the heart, bowel-binding, spermatogenic, light, / conquers all three doshas and bleeding disorders, improves complexion, is pungent, bitter, and a digestant.

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Nepālī is declared by the experts to be saptalā, navamālikā, / and vāsantī; it is cold, light, bitter, and cures the three doshas and bleeding disorders.

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Śrīpadī is ṣaṭpadānandā, vārṣikī, and muktabandhanā.

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Vārṣikī is cold, light, bitter, and eliminates all three doshas; / it cures diseases of the ears, eyes, and mouth; its oil is held to have the same properties.

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Jāti and jātī are called sumanā, mālatī, rājaputrikā, / cetikā, and hṛdyagandhā; the yellow variety is svarṇajātikā.

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Both varieties of jasmine (jātī) are bitter, hot, astringent, light, and conquer the doshas; / they cure disorders of the head, eyes, mouth, and teeth, as well as poison, obstinate skin disease, vāta, and bleeding disorders.

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Yūthikā is called gaṇikā and ambaṣṭhā; the yellow variety is hemapuṣpikā; / both varieties of yūthī are cold, bitter, pungent in post-digestive taste and taste, light,

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sweet, astringent, beneficial to the heart, pitta-pacifying, and provocative of kapha and vāta; / they cure ulcers, bleeding, disorders of the mouth, teeth, eyes, and head, and poison.

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Cāmpeya is named campaka and hemapuṣpa; / its bud is called gandhaphalā by the wise.

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Campaka is pungent, bitter, astringent, sweet, and cold; / it destroys poison and parasitic worms, and conquers dysuria, kapha, vāta, bleeding, and pitta.

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Bakula is called madhugandha and siṃhakesaraka; / bakula is astringent, not hot, pungent in post-digestive taste and taste, heavy, / and eliminates kapha, pitta, poison, vitiligo, parasitic worms, and dental disorders.

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Śivamallī is called pāśupata, ekāṣṭhīla, vaka, and vasu.

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Vaka is not hot, pungent, bitter, and removes kapha, pitta, and poison; / it destroys vaginal pain, thirst, burning sensations, obstinate skin disease, swelling, and bleeding disorders.

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Kadamba is called priyaka, nīpa, vṛttapuṣpa, and halipriya; / kadamba is sweet, cold, astringent, salty, heavy, / laxative, constipating, dry, and promotes kapha, breast milk, and vāta.

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Kubjaka is named bhadrataruṇī, vṛttapuṣpa, atikesara, / mahāsahā, kaṇṭakāḍhyā, and nīlālikulasaṃkulā.

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Kubjaka is fragrant, sweet, with an astringent secondary taste, laxative, / pacifying all three doshas, aphrodisiac, and considered to remove coldness.

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Mallikā is called madayantī, śītabhīru, and bhūpadī.

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Mallikā is hot, light, aphrodisiac, bitter, and pungent; it removes / vāta, pitta, diseases of the mouth and eyes, obstinate skin disease, anorexia, poison, and ulcers.

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Mādhavī is vāsantī, puṇḍraka, maṇḍaka, / atimukta, vimukta, kāmuka, and bhramarotsava; / mādhavī is sweet, cold, light, and removes all three doshas.

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Ketaka is called sūcikāpuṣpa, jambuka, and krakacacchada; / the golden ketakī is distinct, having light flowers and being very fragrant.

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Ketaka is pungent, sweet, light, bitter, and kapha-dispelling; / hemaketakī is known to be hot, bitter in taste, and beneficial to the eyes.

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Kiṅkirāta is called hemagaura, pītaka, and pītabhadraka.

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Kiṅkirāta is cold, bitter, and astringent; it removes / kapha, pitta, thirst, bleeding disorders, burning sensations, emaciation, vomiting, and parasitic worms.

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Karṇikāra is called parivyādha and pādapotpala; / karṇikāra is pungent, bitter, astringent, purifying, light, / coloring, giving comfort, and conquers swelling, kapha, bleeding disorders, ulcers, and obstinate skin disease.

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Aśoka is called hemapuṣpa, vañjula, tāmrapallava, / kaṅkeli, piṇḍapuṣpa, gandhapuṣpa, and naṭa.

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Aśoka is cold, bitter, bowel-binding, improves complexion, and is astringent; / it conquers disorders of the doshas, scrofula, thirst, burning sensations, parasitic worms, emaciation, poison, and bleeding disorders.

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Amlāta is called amlāṭana and also amlātaka.

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Kuraṇṭaka is called varṇapuṣpa and also mahāsaha; / amlāṭana is astringent, hot, unctuous, sweet, and bitter.

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Saireyaka is called śvetapuṣpa, saireya, kaṭasārikā, / sahācara, sahacara, and is also called bhindī.

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In the yellow variety it is kuraṇṭaka, while in the red it is remembered as kurabaka; / in the blue variety, in both [genders/words] it is called bāṇā, dāsī, and ārttagala.

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Sairya eliminates obstinate skin disease, vātarakta, kapha, itching, and poison; / it is bitter, hot, sweet, non-sour, very unctuous, and dyes the hair.

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Kunda is stated to be mādhya, and remembered as sadāpuṣpa; / kunda is cold, light, and removes kapha, headache, poison, and pitta.

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Mucukunda is kṣatravṛkṣa, citraka, and prativiṣṇuka; / mucukunda destroys headache, pitta, bleeding disorders, and poison.

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Tilaka is kṣuraka, śrīmān, puruṣa, and chinnapuṣpaka; / tilaka is pungent in post-digestive taste and taste, hot, and a rejuvenative; / it removes kapha, obstinate skin disease, parasitic worms, and diseases of the urinary bladder, mouth, and teeth.

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Bandhūka is called bandhujīva, rakta, and mādhyāhnika; / bandhūka produces kapha, is bowel-binding, dispels vāta and pitta, and is light.

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Oḍrapuṣpa is japā, and also trisandhyā, reddish and white; / japā is bowel-binding and beneficial to the hair; trisandhyā conquers kapha and vāta.

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Sindūrī is also called raktabījā, raktapuṣpā, and sukomalā. / Sindūrī cures poison, pitta, bleeding disorders, thirst, and vomiting; it is cold.

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Now [the synonyms of] agastya: vaṅgasena, munipuṣpa, and munidruma.

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Agasti conquers pitta and kapha, removes quartan fever, and is cold, / dry, vāta-producing, bitter, and cures coryza.

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Tulasī is called surasā, grāmyā, sulabhā, bahumañjarī, / apetarākṣasī, gaurī, bhūtaghnī, and devadundubhi.

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Tulasī is pungent, bitter, beneficial to the heart, hot, and causes burning sensation and pitta; / it is a digestive stimulant, cures obstinate skin disease, dysuria, bleeding disorders, flank pain, kapha, and vāta. / White and black tulasī are declared to be equal in properties.

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This māruta is remembered as marubaka, maru, maru, / phaṇī, phaṇijjaka, prasthapuṣpa, and samīraṇa.

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Marut stimulates the digestive fire, is beneficial to the heart, sharp, hot, increases pitta, and is light; / it expels scorpion and other poisons, kapha, vāta, obstinate skin disease, and parasites; / it has a pungent taste and post-digestive taste, produces relish, is bitter, dry, and fragrant.

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