[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Materia Medica (pharmacological lexica)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu) › [Early nighaṇṭus, many known from citations](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.pracina) › Nighantu (Vapyacandra) # Nighantu (Vapyacandra) (Nighaṇṭu (Vāpyacandra)) निघण्टु (वाप्यचन्द्र) Elucidates the nature and properties of medicinal substances; some quotations are in verse. - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 600–799 CE - **Author:** [Vāpyacandra](https://indike.org/pramana/person/vapyacandra) - **Text:** lost --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.pracina.nighantu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.pracina.nighantu) · Pramāṇa