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# Anandakanda 2.10

Ānandakanda 2.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.1)

Āk, 2, 10  
śrībhairavaḥ /  
\<himajā\>  
himajā kāñcanakṣīrī yavaciñcā mahādrijā /  
himāvatī pītadugdhā recanī paṭuparṇikā //

> Chapter 2.10  
> Glorious Bhairava said:  
> \[The plant Himajā\]  
> himajā, kāñcanakṣīrī, yavaciñcā, mahādrijā,  
> himāvatī, pītadugdhā, recanī, paṭuparṇikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.2)

taddugdhaṃ hemakaṅkuṣṭhaṃ pulakaṃ recanaṃ tathā /  
tejovatī bahurasā kanakaprabhānyā tīkṣṇāgnigarbhā suravallarī ca //

> whose milk is golden kaṅkuṣṭha, pulaka, and purgative;  
> tejovatī, rich in fluid, another resembling gold, containing fierce fire within, and suravallarī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.3)

himajā kaṭukā tiktā recanī sarvavātanut /  
kṛmiśoṣodaraghnī ca pittajvaraharā tu sā //

> himajā is pungent, bitter, purgative, dispelling all vāta humor,  
> destroying worms, emaciation, and abdominal swelling, and curing fever caused by pitta humor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.4)

\<kāravī\>  
kāravī kāravallī ca kaṣāyoṣṇā kaphāpahā /  
kāsaśvāsaharā balyā jñeyā rasaniyāmikā //

> \[The plant Kāravī\]  
> kāravī and kāravallī are astringent, hot, alleviating kapha humor,  
> curing cough and dyspnea, strengthening, and known as a regulator of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.5)

\<kaṭutumbī\>  
kaṭutumbī kaṭuphalā rājaputrī mahatphalā /  
kaṭutumbī kaṭustiktā vāntikṛcchvāsavāntijit //

> \[The plant Kaṭutumbī\]  
> kaṭutumbī, kaṭuphalā, rājaputrī, mahatphalā;  
> kaṭutumbī is pungent, bitter, causing vomiting, and overcoming dyspnea and emesis;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.6)

kāsaghnī śodhanī śophavraṇaśūlaviṣāpahā /  
tiktatumbī tu tiktā syātkaṭukā kaṭutumbikā //

> it cures cough, purges, and removes swelling, ulcers, colic, and poison.  
> tiktatumbī is bitter, and kaṭutumbikā is pungent;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.7)

tumbī ca kaṭutiktāditumbīparyāyagā smṛtā /  
\<jyotiṣmatī\>  
jyotiṣmatī nāma latānalaprabhā jyotirlatā sā kaṭabhī supiṅgalā /  
dīpyā ca medhyā matidā ca durjarā sārasvatī syādamṛtārkasaṃkhyā //

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.8)

\<liṅginī\>  
liṅginī bahuputrī syādīśvarī śaivavallarī //

> \[The plant Liṅginī\]  
> liṅginī is bahuputrī, īśvarī, the vine of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.9)

svayambhūr liṅgasambhūtā laiṅgī citraphalānvitā /  
ayaḥstambhakarī liṅgabījā ca śivavallarī //

> svayambhū, arisen from the liṅga, laiṅgī, endowed with variegated fruits,  
> solidifying iron, having seeds shaped like a liṅga, and the creeper of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.10)

liṅginī kaṭurūkṣā ca durgandhā ca rasāyanī /  
sarvasiddhikarī divyā rasarājaniyāmikā //

> liṅginī is pungent, dry, foul-smelling, and a rejuvenator;  
> divine, granting all alchemical perfections, and a regulator of the king of mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.11)

\<pātālagaruḍī\>  
pātālagaruḍī tārkṣī sauvarṇī garuḍī tathā /  
vatsādanī dīrghakāṇḍā dṛḍhakāṇḍā mahābalā //

> \[The plant Pātālagaruḍī\]  
> pātālagaruḍī, tārkṣī, sauvarṇī, garuḍī,  
> vatsādanī, dīrghakāṇḍā, dṛḍhakāṇḍā, mahābalā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.12)

dīrghavallī dṛḍhalatā darśanāmāni pārvati /  
sarvavaśyakarī saiṣā sarpādiviṣanāśanī //

> dīrghavallī, dṛḍhalatā are its known names, O Pārvatī;  
> this plant makes everything submissive, and destroys poisons such as snake venom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.13)

\<girikarṇī\>  
girikarṇī ca kaṭabhī gardabhī dadhipuṣpikā /  
sitapuṣpī viṣaghnī ca śvetāśvakhurapuṣpikā //

> \[The plant Girikarṇī\]  
> girikarṇī, kaṭabhī, gardabhī, dadhipuṣpikā,  
> sitapuṣpī, poison-destroying, and śvetāśvakhurapuṣpikā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.14)

girikarṇī himā tiktā pittopadravanāśinī /  
cakṣuṣyā viṣadoṣaghnī tridoṣaśamanī ca sā //

> girikarṇī is cooling, bitter, destroying complications of pitta humor,  
> beneficial to the eyes, counteracting the defect of poison, and pacifying all three humors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.15)

nīlapuṣpā mahānīlā syānnīlagirikarṇikā /  
nīlādrikarṇī śiśirā satiktā raktātisārajvaradāhahantrī /  
pratardikonmādamadaśramārtiśvāsārtihā syādviṣahāriṇī ca //

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.16)

\<ākhukarṇī\>  
ākhukarṇī bhūmicarā dravantī bahupādikā //

> \[The plant Ākhukarṇī\]  
> ākhukarṇī, trailing on the ground, dravantī, many-footed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.17)

sutaśreṇī dravantī ca nyagrodhā mākṣikāhvayā /  
citrā mūṣakapucchī ca pratyakśreṇī ca śabarī //

> sutaśreṇī, dravantī, nyagrodhā, named mākṣikā,  
> citrā, mūṣakapucchī, pratyakśreṇī, and śabarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.18)

sutaśreṇī ca cakṣuṣyā kaṭukākhuviṣāpahā /  
vraṇadoṣaharā caiva netrāmayavināśinī //

> Sutaśreṇī is beneficial for the eyes, pungent, and destroys rat venom; / it removes the defects of wounds and cures eye diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.19)

kṛṣṇikā bahuparṇī ca pratyakśoṇī ca śabarī /  
pūtiparṇī śivā cākhukarṇavat parvaśālinī //

> Kṛṣṇikā, bahuparṇī, pratyakśoṇī, śabarī, / pūtiparṇī, and śivā are knotted like ākhukarṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.20)

ākhukarṇī kaṭūṣṇā ca kaphapittaharā sarā /  
ānāhaśūlajūrtyartināśanī pācanī parā //

> Ākhukarṇī is pungent, hot, purgative, and dispels kapha humor and pitta humor; / it destroys flatulence, colic, fever, and distress, and is an excellent digestive.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.21)

\<vārāhī\>  
vārāhī syāt sūkarī kroḍakanyā gṛṣṭirviṣvaksenakāntā kumārī /  
kaumārī syād brahmapattrī trinetrā krauḍīkanyā gṛṣṭikā mādhaveṣṭā //

> \<Vārāhī\> / Vārāhī is known as sūkarī, kroḍakanyā, gṛṣṭi, viṣvaksenakāntā, kumārī, / kaumārī, brahmapattrī, trinetrā, krauḍīkanyā, gṛṣṭikā, and mādhaveṣṭā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.22)

vārāhī tiktakaṭukā viṣapittakaphāpahā /  
kuṣṭhamehakṛmiharā vṛṣyā balyā rasāyanī //

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.23)

\<devadālī\>  
devadālī tridhā proktā śvetā kṛṣṇā ca pītalā /  
sā śvetā vyādhiśamanī kṛṣṇā pītā rasāyane //

> \<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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.24)

devadālī kośaphalā dālī lomaśapattrikā /  
kṛṣṇabījā kaṭuphalā vṛttakośāmlavallarī //

> Devadālī is kośaphalā, dālī, lomaśapattrikā, / kṛṣṇabījā, kaṭuphalā, vṛttakośā, and amlavallarī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.25)

jīmūtaṃ kaṇṭakaphalā veṇī cākhuviṣāpahā /  
turaṅgikā jālaphalā garāriḥ sāramūṣikā //

> jīmūta, kaṇṭakaphalā, veṇī, ākhuviṣāpahā, / turaṅgikā, jālaphalā, garāri, and sāramūṣikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.26)

devadālī tu tīkṣṇoṣṇā kaṭuḥ pāṇḍukaphāpahā /  
durnāmaśvāsakāsaghnī kāmilālūtikāpahā //

> Devadālī is sharp, hot, pungent, and destroys anemia and kapha humor; / it cures hemorrhoids, dyspnea, and cough, and dispels jaundice and spider-bite poisoning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.27)

sarvalohadrutikarā pīnasāhiviṣāpahā /  
\<aindrī\>  
aindrīndravāruṇyaruṇā mṛgādinī gavādanī kṣudrasahendracidbhaṭā /  
sūryā viṣaghnī ruṇakarṇikāmarā suparṇikā syāt phalatārakā ca //

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.28)

vṛṣabhākṣī gavākṣī ca pītapuṣpendravallarī //

> vṛṣabhākṣī, gavākṣī, and pītapuṣpendravallarī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.29)

hemapuṣpī kṣudraphalā vāruṇī bālakapriyā /  
raktorvārurviṣalatā cakravallī viṣāpahā //

> hemapuṣpī, kṣudraphalā, vāruṇī, bālakapriyā, / raktorvāru, viṣalatā, cakravallī, viṣāpahā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.30)

amṛtā ca viśālā ca jñeyonatriṃśadāhvayā /  
indravāruṇikā tiktā kaṭuḥ śītā ca recanī //

> amṛtā, and viśālā—twenty-nine names are to be known. / Indravāruṇikā is bitter, pungent, cold, and purgative;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.31)

gulmapittodaraśleṣmakṛmikuṣṭhajvarāpahā /  
mahendravāruṇī ramyā cakravallī mahāphalā //

> it destroys abdominal tumors, pitta humor, abdominal diseases, phlegm humor, worms, cutaneous diseases, and fever. / Mahendravāruṇī is pleasing, cakravallī, and mahāphalā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.32)

sā mahendrī vṛttaphalā trapusī trapusā tathā /  
ātmarakṣā viśālā ca dīrghavallī mahāphalā //

> it is mahendrī, vṛttaphalā, trapusī, trapusā, / ātmarakṣā, viśālā, dīrghavallī, and mahāphalā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.33)

syādbṛhadvāruṇī saumyā nāmānyasyāścaturdaśa /  
māhendravāruṇī jñeyā pūrvoktā guṇavāhinī //

> it is bṛhadvāruṇī, saumyā—fourteen are its names. / Māhendravāruṇī should be known to possess the qualities stated before;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.34)

rase vīrye vipāke ca kiṃcideṣā guṇādhikā /  
\<gojihvā\>  
gojihvā kṣurapattrī syād adhaḥpuṣpā tvadhomukhī //

> in taste, potency, and post-digestive effect, it is somewhat superior in qualities. / \<Gojihvā\> / Gojihvā is kṣurapattrī, adhaḥpuṣpā, and adhomukhī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.35)

gojihvā kaṭukā tīvrā śītalā pittanāśinī /  
vraṇapraśamanī caiva saptadantaviṣāpanut //

> Gojihvā is pungent, sharp, cooling, and destroys pitta humor; / it pacifies wounds and removes the poison of seven teeth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.36)

\<kākatuṇḍī\>  
kākatuṇḍī kākanāsā kākasiṃhī ca raktalā /  
kākadantī kākapīlur vṛttaraktaphalā tathā //

> \<Kākatuṇḍī\> / Kākatuṇḍī is kākanāsā, kākasiṃhī, raktalā, / kākadantī, kākapīlu, and vṛttaraktaphalā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.37)

kākaprāṇā valkaśalyā kṛṣṇabījā ca rañjakī /  
kākatuṇḍī ca madhurā śiśirā pittahāriṇī //

> kākaprāṇā, valkaśalyā, kṛṣṇabījā, and rañjakī. / Kākatuṇḍī is sweet, cooling, and eliminates pitta humor;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.38)

rasāyanī dārḍhyakarī viśeṣāt palitāpahā /  
\<raktapādī\>  
raktapādī śamīpattrapattrā khadirapattrikā //

> it is rejuvenating, brings firmness, and especially destroys premature graying. / \<Raktapādī\> / Raktapādī is named śamīpattrapattrā, khadirapattrikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.39)

saṃkocanī samaṅgā ca namaskārī prasāraṇī /  
lajjāluḥ saptaparṇī syātkhadirī maṇḍamālikā //

> saṃkocanī, samaṅgā, namaskārī, prasāraṇī, / lajjālu, saptaparṇī, khadirī, and maṇḍamālikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.40)

raktamūlā tāmramūlā svaguptāñjalikārikā /  
lajjāluśca kaṭuḥ śītā pittātīsāranāśinī //

> raktamūlā, tāmramūlā, svaguptā, and añjalikārikā. / Lajjālu is pungent, cold, and destroys pitta humor and diarrhea;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.41)

śophadāhajvaraśvāsavraṇakuṣṭhakaphārtinut /  
lajjālurvaiparītyāhvaḥ kaṭuruṣṇaḥ kaphāmanut //

> 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;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.42)

rase niyāmake 'tyantaṃ nānāvijñānakārakaḥ /  
\<punarnavā\>  
punarnavā tridhā proktā śvetā raktā ca mecakā //

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.43)

punarnavā viṣaharā kaṭhillā netrarogahā /  
pṛthvīkā sitavarṣābhūr dīrghapattrā sitāṅgakā //

> Punarnavā removes poison, and is kaṭhillā, destroying eye diseases; / \[the white variety is\] pṛthvīkā, sitavarṣābhū, dīrghapattrā, and sitāṅgakā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.44)

śvetā punarnavā soṣṇā tiktā kaphaviṣāpahā /  
kāsahṛdrogaśūlāsrapāṇḍuśophānilārtinut //

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.45)

punarnavānyā raktākhyā kṛtamaṇḍalapattrikā /  
vaiśākhī raktasarvāṅgā śophaghnī viṣahā parā //

> The other punarnavā is called red, having round leaves; / it is vaiśākhī, red in all parts, destroys swelling, and is supreme at removing poison.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.46)

punarnavo navo navyā prāvṛṣeṇyā ca sāriṇī /  
raktā punarnavā tiktā sāraṇī śophanāśinī //

> It is punarnavā, navā, navyā, prāvṛṣeṇyā, and sāriṇī. / Red punarnavā is bitter, laxative, and destroys swelling;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.47)

raktapradaradoṣaghnī pāṇḍupittapramardanī /  
śyāmākhyā nīlavarṣābhūr dīrghapattrā punarnavā //

> it destroys the disorders of menorrhagia and subdues anemia and pitta humor. / The variety called śyāmā is nīlavarṣābhū, dīrghapattrā punarnavā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.48)

nīlā punarnavā tiktā kaṭūṣṇā ca rasāyanī /  
hṛdrogapāṇḍuśvayathuśvāsavātakaphāpahā //

> Blue punarnavā is bitter, pungent, hot, and rejuvenating; / it removes heart disease, anemia, edema, dyspnea, vāta humor, and kapha humor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.49)

\<atyamlaparṇī\>  
atyamlaparṇī tīkṣṇāmlā kaṇḍūlā vallisārasā /  
vanasthāraṇyavāsī ca kandāḍhyā karkaśacchadā //

> \<Atyamlaparṇī\> / Atyamlaparṇī is intensely sour, kaṇḍūlā, vallisārasā, / vanasthā, araṇyavāsī, kandāḍhyā, and karkaśacchadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.50)

atyamlaparṇī tīkṣṇāmlā plīhaśūlavināśinī /  
vātahṛddīpanī rucyā gulmaśleṣmāmayāpahā //

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.51)

\<karkoṭakī\>  
kārkoṭakī dvidhā vandhyā śreṣṭhānyā phalamāriṇī /  
mṛdukaṇṭakinī vṛttaphalā sā vanavāsinī //

> \<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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.52)

vandhyā devī vandhyakārkoṭakī syānnāgārātir nāgahantrī manojñā /  
pathyā divyā putradātrī trikandā śrīkandā sā kandavallī viṣaghnī //

> The sterile variety is devī, vandhyakārkoṭakī, nāgārāti, nāgahantrī, manojñā, / pathyā, divyā, putradātrī, trikandā, śrīkandā, kandavallī, viṣaghnī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.53)

yogīśvarī vyāghrapādī kanyā syātṣoḍaśāhvayā /  
vandhyā karkoṭakī tiktā kaṭūṣṇā ca kaphāpahā //

> yogīśvarī, vyāghrapādī, and kanyā—such are its sixteen names. / Sterile kārkoṭakī is bitter, pungent, hot, and removes kapha humor;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.54)

sthāvarādiviṣaghnī syādrasabandhe rasāyane /  
\<śarapuṅkhā\>  
śarābhidhānapuṅkhā syāccharapuṅkhīti kathyate //

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.55)

śarapuṅkhī tridhā śvetā raktā kṛṣṇā ca kaṇṭakā /  
śvetāpyeṣā guṇāḍhyā syātprayoge ca rasāyane //

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.56)

anyā tu kaṇṭapuṅkhā syāt kaṇṭasāyakapuṅkhikā /  
kaṇṭaspṛśeva kuṇḍī kaṇṭakaśarapuṅkhamūlaniryūhaḥ //

> The other is kaṇṭapuṅkhā, kaṇṭasāyakapuṅkhikā, / and kaṇṭaspṛśeva kuṇḍī. A decoction of the root of the thorny śarapuṅkhā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.57)

tūrṇam ajīrṇaviṣūcīmahāparatikṛśānukārśyaṃ ca /  
sarvāśca śarapuṅkhāstu kaṭūṣṇāḥ kaphavātahāḥ //

> quickly \[cures\] indigestion, acute cholera, great distress, low digestive fire, and emaciation. / All śarapuṅkhās are pungent, hot, and destroy kapha humor and vāta humor;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.58)

ajīrṇaśūlakṛmihā grahaṇīśamanāḥ param /  
\<bhṛṅgarāja\>  
mārkavo bhṛṅgarājaḥ syād bhṛṅgāhvaḥ keśarañjakaḥ //

> they destroy indigestion, colic, and worms, and are supreme at pacifying chronic diarrhea. / \<Bhṛṅgarāja\> / Mārkava is bhṛṅgarāja, called bhṛṅga, and a hair dye;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.10.59)

pitṛpriyo brahmapattrī keśyaḥ kuntalavardhanaḥ /  
pīto'nyaḥ svarṇabhṛṅgāro harivāso harapriyaḥ //

> it is pitṛpriya, brahmapattrī, beneficial for the hair, and promotes hair growth. / The other, yellow variety is svarṇabhṛṅgāra, harivāsa, and harapriya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.2.10.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Śāligrāmanighaṇṭubhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.namaguna.saligramanighantubhusana.5.p544) — Śāligrāma Vaiśya, Sanskrit
- [Vaidyakaśabdasindhu (Umeścandra Gupta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.vaidyakasabdasindhu-umescandra-gupta.39.0.7) — Umeścandra Gupta, Sanskrit
- [Vaidyakaśabdasindhu (Umeśacandragupta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.vaidyakasabdasindhu.33.12.48) — Umeśacandragupta, Sanskrit

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