Anandakanda 2.10

Chapter 2.10
Glorious Bhairava said:
[The plant Himajā]
himajā, kāñcanakṣīrī, yavaciñcā, mahādrijā,
himāvatī, pītadugdhā, recanī, paṭuparṇikā,

whose milk is golden kaṅkuṣṭha, pulaka, and purgative;
tejovatī, rich in fluid, another resembling gold, containing fierce fire within, and suravallarī;

himajā is pungent, bitter, purgative, dispelling all vāta humor,
destroying worms, emaciation, and abdominal swelling, and curing fever caused by pitta humor.

[The plant Kāravī]
kāravī and kāravallī are astringent, hot, alleviating kapha humor,
curing cough and dyspnea, strengthening, and known as a regulator of mercury.

[The plant Kaṭutumbī]
kaṭutumbī, kaṭuphalā, rājaputrī, mahatphalā;
kaṭutumbī is pungent, bitter, causing vomiting, and overcoming dyspnea and emesis;

it cures cough, purges, and removes swelling, ulcers, colic, and poison.
tiktatumbī is bitter, and kaṭutumbikā is pungent;

and tumbī is regarded as belonging to the synonyms of bitter and pungent gourds.
[The plant Jyotiṣmatī]
The vine named jyotiṣmatī shines like fire; it is jyotirlatā, kaṭabhī, intensely golden-yellow,
inflaming [the digestive fire], intellect-promoting, giving intelligence, hard to digest, dedicated to Sarasvatī, and numbering twelve.

[The plant Liṅginī]
liṅginī is bahuputrī, īśvarī, the vine of Śiva,

svayambhū, arisen from the liṅga, laiṅgī, endowed with variegated fruits,
solidifying iron, having seeds shaped like a liṅga, and the creeper of Śiva.

liṅginī is pungent, dry, foul-smelling, and a rejuvenator;
divine, granting all alchemical perfections, and a regulator of the king of mercury.

[The plant Pātālagaruḍī]
pātālagaruḍī, tārkṣī, sauvarṇī, garuḍī,
vatsādanī, dīrghakāṇḍā, dṛḍhakāṇḍā, mahābalā,

dīrghavallī, dṛḍhalatā are its known names, O Pārvatī;
this plant makes everything submissive, and destroys poisons such as snake venom.

[The plant Girikarṇī]
girikarṇī, kaṭabhī, gardabhī, dadhipuṣpikā,
sitapuṣpī, poison-destroying, and śvetāśvakhurapuṣpikā;

girikarṇī is cooling, bitter, destroying complications of pitta humor,
beneficial to the eyes, counteracting the defect of poison, and pacifying all three humors.

The blue-flowered one is mahānīlā and nīlagirikarṇikā;
blue girikarṇī is cool, bitter, cures bloody diarrhea, fever, and burning sensations,
and relieves vomiting, madness, intoxication, distress from exhaustion, and distress from dyspnea, and it removes poison.

[The plant Ākhukarṇī]
ākhukarṇī, trailing on the ground, dravantī, many-footed,

sutaśreṇī, dravantī, nyagrodhā, named mākṣikā,
citrā, mūṣakapucchī, pratyakśreṇī, and śabarī.

Sutaśreṇī is beneficial for the eyes, pungent, and destroys rat venom; / it removes the defects of wounds and cures eye diseases.

Kṛṣṇikā, bahuparṇī, pratyakśoṇī, śabarī, / pūtiparṇī, and śivā are knotted like ākhukarṇī.

Ākhukarṇī is pungent, hot, purgative, and dispels kapha humor and pitta humor; / it destroys flatulence, colic, fever, and distress, and is an excellent digestive.

<Vārāhī> / Vārāhī is known as sūkarī, kroḍakanyā, gṛṣṭi, viṣvaksenakāntā, kumārī, / kaumārī, brahmapattrī, trinetrā, krauḍīkanyā, gṛṣṭikā, and mādhaveṣṭā.

Vārāhī is bitter, pungent, and removes poison, pitta humor, and kapha humor; / it cures cutaneous diseases, urinary disorders, and worms, and is aphrodisiac, strengthening, and rejuvenating.

<Devadālī> / Devadālī is declared to be of three kinds: white, black, and yellow; / the white one alleviates diseases, while the black and the yellow are used in rejuvenation therapy.

Devadālī is kośaphalā, dālī, lomaśapattrikā, / kṛṣṇabījā, kaṭuphalā, vṛttakośā, and amlavallarī,

jīmūta, kaṇṭakaphalā, veṇī, ākhuviṣāpahā, / turaṅgikā, jālaphalā, garāri, and sāramūṣikā.

Devadālī is sharp, hot, pungent, and destroys anemia and kapha humor; / it cures hemorrhoids, dyspnea, and cough, and dispels jaundice and spider-bite poisoning.

It liquefies all metals and dispels chronic rhinitis and snake venom. / <Aindrī> / Aindrī is called indravāruṇī, aruṇā, mṛgādinī, gavādanī, kṣudrasahā, indracidbhaṭā, / sūryā, viṣaghnī, ruṇakarṇikā, amarā, suparṇikā, and phalatārakā,

vṛṣabhākṣī, gavākṣī, and pītapuṣpendravallarī,

hemapuṣpī, kṣudraphalā, vāruṇī, bālakapriyā, / raktorvāru, viṣalatā, cakravallī, viṣāpahā,

amṛtā, and viśālā—twenty-nine names are to be known. / Indravāruṇikā is bitter, pungent, cold, and purgative;

it destroys abdominal tumors, pitta humor, abdominal diseases, phlegm humor, worms, cutaneous diseases, and fever. / Mahendravāruṇī is pleasing, cakravallī, and mahāphalā;

it is mahendrī, vṛttaphalā, trapusī, trapusā, / ātmarakṣā, viśālā, dīrghavallī, and mahāphalā;

it is bṛhadvāruṇī, saumyā—fourteen are its names. / Māhendravāruṇī should be known to possess the qualities stated before;

in taste, potency, and post-digestive effect, it is somewhat superior in qualities. / <Gojihvā> / Gojihvā is kṣurapattrī, adhaḥpuṣpā, and adhomukhī.

Gojihvā is pungent, sharp, cooling, and destroys pitta humor; / it pacifies wounds and removes the poison of seven teeth.

<Kākatuṇḍī> / Kākatuṇḍī is kākanāsā, kākasiṃhī, raktalā, / kākadantī, kākapīlu, and vṛttaraktaphalā,

kākaprāṇā, valkaśalyā, kṛṣṇabījā, and rañjakī. / Kākatuṇḍī is sweet, cooling, and eliminates pitta humor;

it is rejuvenating, brings firmness, and especially destroys premature graying. / <Raktapādī> / Raktapādī is named śamīpattrapattrā, khadirapattrikā,

saṃkocanī, samaṅgā, namaskārī, prasāraṇī, / lajjālu, saptaparṇī, khadirī, and maṇḍamālikā,

raktamūlā, tāmramūlā, svaguptā, and añjalikārikā. / Lajjālu is pungent, cold, and destroys pitta humor and diarrhea;

it dispels the distress of swelling, burning, fever, dyspnea, wounds, cutaneous diseases, and kapha humor. / The reverse-named lajjālu is pungent, hot, and removes kapha humor and raw conditions;

it is supreme in the regulation of mercury and produces various forms of knowledge. / <Punarnavā> / Punarnavā is declared to be of three kinds: white, red, and dark.

Punarnavā removes poison, and is kaṭhillā, destroying eye diseases; / [the white variety is] pṛthvīkā, sitavarṣābhū, dīrghapattrā, and sitāṅgakā.

White punarnavā is warm, bitter, and destroys kapha humor and poison; / it dispels cough, heart disease, colic, blood disorders, anemia, swelling, and distress caused by vāta humor.

The other punarnavā is called red, having round leaves; / it is vaiśākhī, red in all parts, destroys swelling, and is supreme at removing poison.

It is punarnavā, navā, navyā, prāvṛṣeṇyā, and sāriṇī. / Red punarnavā is bitter, laxative, and destroys swelling;

it destroys the disorders of menorrhagia and subdues anemia and pitta humor. / The variety called śyāmā is nīlavarṣābhū, dīrghapattrā punarnavā.

Blue punarnavā is bitter, pungent, hot, and rejuvenating; / it removes heart disease, anemia, edema, dyspnea, vāta humor, and kapha humor.

<Atyamlaparṇī> / Atyamlaparṇī is intensely sour, kaṇḍūlā, vallisārasā, / vanasthā, araṇyavāsī, kandāḍhyā, and karkaśacchadā.

Atyamlaparṇī is intensely sour and destroys splenomegaly and colic; / it removes vāta humor, stimulates the digestive fire, is appetizing, and cures abdominal tumors and diseases of phlegm humor.

<Kārkoṭakī> / Kārkoṭakī is of two kinds: the sterile, which is superior, and the other, which bears fruit; / it has soft spines, round fruit, and grows wild.

The sterile variety is devī, vandhyakārkoṭakī, nāgārāti, nāgahantrī, manojñā, / pathyā, divyā, putradātrī, trikandā, śrīkandā, kandavallī, viṣaghnī,

yogīśvarī, vyāghrapādī, and kanyā—such are its sixteen names. / Sterile kārkoṭakī is bitter, pungent, hot, and removes kapha humor;

it destroys inanimate and other poisons, and is used in the fixation of mercury and rejuvenation therapy. / <Śarapuṅkhā> / That which has the feather of an arrow as its name is called śarapuṅkhī.

Śarapuṅkhī is of three kinds: white, red, and thorny black; / the white one too is full of virtues and is used in application and rejuvenation therapy.

The other is kaṇṭapuṅkhā, kaṇṭasāyakapuṅkhikā, / and kaṇṭaspṛśeva kuṇḍī. A decoction of the root of the thorny śarapuṅkhā

quickly [cures] indigestion, acute cholera, great distress, low digestive fire, and emaciation. / All śarapuṅkhās are pungent, hot, and destroy kapha humor and vāta humor;

they destroy indigestion, colic, and worms, and are supreme at pacifying chronic diarrhea. / <Bhṛṅgarāja> / Mārkava is bhṛṅgarāja, called bhṛṅga, and a hair dye;

it is pitṛpriya, brahmapattrī, beneficial for the hair, and promotes hair growth. / The other, yellow variety is svarṇabhṛṅgāra, harivāsa, and harapriya.