Garudapurana 1.204

The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa — 204
Sūta said: / Thus Dhanvantari expounded the science of medicine to Suśruta. / Now I will declare in brief the names of medicinal herbs.

Sthirā, vidārigandhā, śālaparṇī, aṃśumatī, / lāṅgalī, kalasī, kroṣṭupucchā, and guhā are considered synonymous.

Punarnavā is also varṣābhū, kaṭhillā, and kāruṇā; / eraṇḍa is uruvūka, āmarda, and vardhamānaka.

Jhaṣā is known as nāgabalā; śvadaṃṣṭrā is considered gokṣura; / śatāvarī is varā, bhīru, pīvarī, indīvarī, and varī.

Vyāghrī is bṛhatī, kṛṣṇā, haṃsapādī, madhusravā, / dhāmanī, kaṇṭakārī, kṣudrā, siṃhī, and nidigdhikā.

Vṛścikā is tryamṛtā, kālī, viṣaghnī, and sarpadaṃṣṭrikā; / markaṭī is ātmaguptā, ārṣeyī, and kapikacchū.

Mudgaparṇī is kṣudrasahā; māṣaparṇī is mahāsahā; / […]; / nyagrodha is known as vaṭa; aśvattha is considered kapila.

Plakṣa is gardabhāṇḍa, parkaṭī, and kapītana; / pārtha, kakubha, and dhanvin are known as names of arjuna.

Nandīvṛkṣa is prarohin and is called puṣṭikārin; / vañjula is known as vetasa; bhallāta is also aruṣkara.

Lodhra is called sāvaraka, dhṛṣṭa, and tirīṭa; / mahājambū has large fruits, and the other is known as bālaphalā.

The third is jalajambū, also called nādeyī; / kaṇā, kṛṣṇā, upakuñcī, śauṇḍī, and māgadhikā

are stated by experts to be pippalī, and its root is known as granthika; / ūṣaṇa is marica; śuṇṭhī, viśvā, and mahauṣadha [are the same].

One should know vyoṣa as the three pungents, and that is also called tryūṣaṇa; / lāṅgalī is halinī; śreyasī is gajapippalī.

Trāyantī is trāyamāṇā, utsāyā, and remembered as suvahā; / citraka is śikhin, vahni, and denoted by the names of fire.

Vacā is known as ṣaḍgranthā, ugrā, śvetā, and haimavatī; / kuṭaja is vṛkṣaka, śakra, vatsaka, and girimallikā.

One should recognize its seeds as kaliṅga, indrayava, and ariṣṭa; / mustaka has the names of clouds; hareṇukā is known as kauntī.

Large cardamoms are called elā and bahulā; small cardamom is truṭi; / padmā, bhārṅgī, kāñjī, and brāhmaṇayaṣṭikā are known [as synonymous].

Mūrvā is known as madhurasā, tejanī, and tiktavallikā; / mahānimba is bṛhannimba; dīpyaka is yavānikā.

Viḍaṅga is kṛmiśatru; hiṅgu is called rāmaṭha; / ajājī is known as jīraka; and kāravī is upakuñcikā.

Kaṭukā is known as tiktā and kaṭukarohiṇī; / tagara is nata and vakra; coca is tvac and varāṅgaka.

Bālaka is called udīcya and hrībera, and by the names of water; / patraka is called by the names of leaf; cāraka is called taskara.

Nāgakeśara is spoken of as hemābha and by the names of serpents; / saffron is called asṛk, kuṅkuma, kāśmīra, and bāhlika.

Iron is indicated by ayas and iron-related names; / one should know pura as kuṭanaṭa, mahiṣākṣa, and palaṅkaṣā.

Kāśmarī is known as kaṭphalā and śrīparṇī; / śallakī is gajabhakṣyā, patrī, surabhi, and sravā.

One should know āmalakī as dhātrī; akṣa is vibhītaka; / pathyā, abhayā, and pūtanā are known as harītakī.

Triphalā is called simply 'the fruits,' and that is known as 'the triad of fruits'; / udakīrya is long-stalked, and is called karañja.

Yaṣṭī, called yaṣṭyāhva, madhuka, and madhuyaṣṭikā; / dhātakī is tāmraparṇī; samaṅgā is considered kuñjarā.

White sandalwood is sita, malayaja, śīta, gośīrṣa, and sitacandana; / one should know red sandalwood, the second, as raktacandana.

Kākolī is remembered as vīrā, vayasya, and arkapuṣpikā; / śṛṅgī is called karkaṭaśṛṅgī and mahāghoṣā.

Vaṃśalocanā is known as tugākṣīrī, śubhā, and vāṃśī; / drākṣā is remembered as mṛdvīkā and considered gostanikā.

Uśīra is mṛṇāla, sevya, and lāmajjaka; / sārivā is called gopavallī, gopī, and bhadrā.

Dantī is kaṭaṅkaṭerī and known as dāruniśā; / turmeric is called haridrā, rajanī, pītikā, and by names of night.

Vṛkṣādanī is chinnaruhā, nīlavallī, and rasāmṛtā; / vasukoṭa is known as vāśira; and kāmpilla is recognized.

Pāṣāṇabheda is ariṣṭa, aśmabhid, and kuṭṭabhedaka; / ghaṇṭāka is known as śuṣkaka, vacas, and sūcaka.

Surasa is bījaka and called pītaśāla; / the thunderbolt-tree is mahāvṛkṣa, snuhī, snuk, sudhā, and guḍā.

One should know tulasī as surasā, and it is called upasthā; / kuṭheraka is arjunaka, parṇin, and saugandhiparṇika.

Nīla and sindhuvāra are nirguṇḍī and sugandhikā; / she is known as sugandhiparṇā, vāsantī, and kulajā.

Kālīyaka is yellow wood; the other is named kataka; / gāyatrī is known as khadira; its variety is considered kandara.

The blue water-lily is remembered as indīvara, kuvalaya, padma, and nīlotpala; / the lotus is called saugandhika, hundred-petalled, water-born, and kamala.

Ajavarṇa is ūrja; vājikarṇa is aśvakarṇaka; / śleṣmāntaka, likewise, is named śelu and bahuvāra.

Sunandaka is kakudbhadra; chatrākī is named chatrā; / kabarī is kumbhaka, dhṛṣṭa, kṣudvidha, and dhanakṛt.

Kṛṣṇārjaka is karāla, and is proclaimed kālamāna; / prācībalā is nadīkrāntā, kākajaṅghā, and vāyasī.

Mūṣikaparṇī should be known as bhramantī and ākhuparṇikā; / viṣamuṣṭi is drāvaṇa, and is called keśamuṣṭi.

One should know kiṃlihī to be kaṭukī, and antaka to be amlavetasa; / aśvatthā is bahupatrā, and should also be known as āmalakī.

Arūṣkara is patraśūka; kṣīrī is considered rājādana; / mahāpatra and dāḍima: that very tree one calls karaka.

Masūrī is called vidalī, śaṣpā, and kālindī; / kaṇṭakākhyā is declared to be mahāśyāmā and vṛkṣapādī.

One should know kuntī, nikumbhā, tribhaṅgī, and tripuṭī to be trivṛt; / saptalā is yavatiktā, carmā, and carmakasā.

Śaṅkhinī is sukumārī, tiktākṣī, and akṣipīluka; / gavākṣī is amṛtā, śvetā, girikarṇī, and gavādinī.

Kāmpillaka is raktāṅga, guṇḍā, and rocanikā; / hemakṣīrī is remembered as pītā, gaurī, and kāladugdhikā.

Gāṅgerukī is nāgabalā; viśālā is indravāruṇī; / tārkṣya is śaila, nīlavarṇa, añjana, and rasāñjana.

The exudate that comes from the śālmali is known by the name mocārasa; / pratyakpuṣpī should be known as kharī, apāmārga, and mayūraka.

One should indicate siṃhāsya, vṛṣa, vāsāka, and āṭarūṣaka [as synonyms]; / they know jīvaka as jīvaśāka, and karbura as śaṭī.

Kaṭphala is somavṛkṣa; agnigandhā is sugandhikā; / śatāṅga and śatapuṣpā are misi; it is considered madhurikā.

Puṣkaramūla should be known as puṣkara and puṣkarāhvaya; / yāsa is dhanvayāsa, duṣparśa, and durālabhā.

Vākucī is somarājī and is celebrated as somavallī; / mārkava and keśarāja are called bhṛṅgarāja.

Eḍagaja is called cakramardaka by experts in the subject; / suraṅgī is tagara and snāyu; kalanāśā is vāyasī.

Mahākāla is remembered as bela; taṇḍulīya is ghanastana; / ikṣvāku is tiktatumbī, and is called tiktālābu.

Dhāmārgava is koṣātakī and yāminī; / one should know the variety of kośātakī that is named kṛtavedhana.

Likewise, the one named jīmūtaka is khuḍḍāka and devatāḍaka; / gṛdhranakhī is hiṅgukākādanī.

Aśvāri should be understood as karavīra and aśvamāraka; / sindhu, saindhava, and sindhūttha are declared to be maṇimantha.

The alkaline ash born from the tips of barley is called yavakṣāra; / sarjikā is sarjikākṣāra, proclaimed as the second [alkali].

Kāśīsa and puṣpakāśīsa should be known as eye medicine; / dhātukāśīsa and kāśī are also cited as names for it.

Saurāṣṭrī is earth-alkali, kāṅkṣī, and paṅkaparpaṭī; / one should know the mineral mākṣika to be tāpya and tāpyotthasaṃbhava.

Śilā should be known as manaḥśilā, nepālī, and kulaṭī; / āla or manastālaka should be indicated as haritāla.

Gandhaka is sulfur stone; rasa is called mercury; / one should know tāmra as audumbara, copper, and mlecchamukha.

Adrisāra, ayas, tīkṣṇa, and lohaka are also spoken of [as iron]; / mākṣika, madhu, and kṣaudra are known as flower nectar [honey].

Jyeṣṭhasodaka is that very kāñjika and sauvīraka; / sītā, sitopalā, and matsyaṇḍī are remembered as sugar.

With cinnamon, cardamom, and patraka in equal parts, it is the three aromatics, the trijātaka; / combined with nāgakeśara, it is regarded as the four aromatics.

With pippalī, pippalī-root, cavya, citraka, and dry ginger, / the pañcakola is taught, and kolaka by the name kola.

Priyaṅgu should be known as kaṅgukā; koradūṣa is kodrava; / tripuṭa is puṭasaṃjña; kalāpa is considered laṅgaka.

Satīna is vartula, and is also declared to be veṇu; / picuka, pitala, akṣa, and biḍālapadaka,

and also suvarṇa and kavalagraha, one should know as a karṣa; / they wish half a pala to be a śukti, and it consists of eight māṣakas.

Pala, bilva, and muṣṭi [are synonyms]; two palas one calls a prasṛti; / one should know an añjali and a kuḍava to be four palas.

An aṣṭamāna is eight palas, and that is remembered as a māna; / by four kuḍavas a prastha [is formed]; four prasthas are an āḍhaka.

A kāṃsyapātra is also declared [to be this]; and four āḍhakas make a droṇa; / a tulā is said to be one hundred palas; a bhāra is recorded as twenty palas [error for tulās].

Such a measure is declared by the wise for dry substances; / for liquid substances, it is taught and proclaimed as double.

Bhadradāru is devakāṣṭha; dāru is devadāruka; / kuṣṭha is called āmaya; māṃsī is called nalada;

śaṅkha is śuktinakha; śaṅkha is remembered as vyāghra and vyāghranakha; / one should know pura and palaṅkaṣa, as well as mahiṣākṣa, to be guggulu.

Rasa and gandharasa are in bola; sarja is considered sarjarasa; / priyaṅgu is called phalinī, śyāmā, gaurī, and kāntā.

Two karañjas are naktamāla, pūtika, and cirabilvaka; / śigru is named śobhāñjana, and is proclaimed jñānamāna.

Jayā is jayantī and śaraṇī; nirguṇḍī is sindhuvāraka; / moraṭā is pīluparṇī; tuṇḍī is tuṇḍikerikā.

Madana is gālava, bodha, and is called ghoṭā and ghoṭī; / caturaṅgula and sampāka have the designation vyādhighāta.

One should know āragvadha to be rājavṛkṣa and named raivata; / dantī is kākendutiktā; kaṇṭakī is vikaṅkata.

Nimba is called ariṣṭa; they know paṭola to be kolaka; / vayasthā, viśalyā, chinnā, and chinnaruhā are considered [synonyms].

Vaśā, dantī, and amṛtā: this is the compendium of names for guḍūcī; / kirātatiktaka is bhūnimba and kāṇḍatiktaka.

Sūta said: / These are the names of wild medicinal plants for Hari; / next I will speak of grammar as taught by Kumāra, O Śaunaka.

Thus ends the two hundred and fourth chapter in the first section called Ācārakāṇḍa of the Purvakhaṇḍa in the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa.