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# Garudapurana 1.204

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.204

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.204.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.86) — 1 part

### [1.204.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 204  
sūta uvāca /  
evaṃ dhanvantariḥ prāha suśrutāyaca vaidyakam /  
ata nāmāni vakṣyāmi oṣadhīnāṃ samāsataḥ //

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

### [1.204.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.2)

sthirā vidārigandhā ca śālapaṇyaśumatyapi /  
lāṅgalī kalasī caiva kroṣṭupucchā guhā matā //

> Sthirā, vidārigandhā, śālaparṇī, aṃśumatī, / lāṅgalī, kalasī, kroṣṭupucchā, and guhā are considered synonymous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.3)

punarnavātha parṣābhūḥ kaṭhilyā kāruṇā tathā /  
eraṇḍaścoruvūkaḥ syādāmardo vardhamānakaḥ //

> Punarnavā is also varṣābhū, kaṭhillā, and kāruṇā; / eraṇḍa is uruvūka, āmarda, and vardhamānaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.4)

jhaṣā nāgabalā jñeyā śvadaṃṣṭrā gokṣuro mataḥ /  
śatāvarī varā bhīru pīvarīndīvarī varī //

> Jhaṣā is known as nāgabalā; śvadaṃṣṭrā is considered gokṣura; / śatāvarī is varā, bhīru, pīvarī, indīvarī, and varī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.5)

vyāghrī tu bṛhatī kṛṣṇā haṃsapādī madhustravā /  
dhāmanī kaṇṭakārī syātkṣudrā siṃhī nidigdhikā //

> Vyāghrī is bṛhatī, kṛṣṇā, haṃsapādī, madhusravā, / dhāmanī, kaṇṭakārī, kṣudrā, siṃhī, and nidigdhikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.6)

vṛścikā tryamṛtā kālī viṣaghnī sarpadaṃṣṭrikā /  
markaṭī cātmaguptā syādārṣeyī kapikacchukā //

> Vṛścikā is tryamṛtā, kālī, viṣaghnī, and sarpadaṃṣṭrikā; / markaṭī is ātmaguptā, ārṣeyī, and kapikacchū.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.7)

mudgaparṇo kṣudrasahā māṣaparṇo mahāsahā /  
tyajā parā ca mahā jñeyā daṇḍayonyaṅkasaṃjñayā /  
nyagrodhastu vaṭo jñeyaḥ aśvatthaḥ kapilo mataḥ //

> Mudgaparṇī is kṣudrasahā; māṣaparṇī is mahāsahā; / \[…\]; / nyagrodha is known as vaṭa; aśvattha is considered kapila.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.8)

plakṣo 'tha gardabhāṇḍaḥ syātparkaṭī ca kapītanaḥ /  
pārthastu kakubho dhanvi vijñeyor'junanāmabhiḥ //

> Plakṣa is gardabhāṇḍa, parkaṭī, and kapītana; / pārtha, kakubha, and dhanvin are known as names of arjuna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.9)

nandīvṛkṣaḥ prarohī syātpuṣṭikārīti cocyate /  
vañjulo vetaso jñeyo bhallātaścāpyaruṣkaraḥ //

> Nandīvṛkṣa is prarohin and is called puṣṭikārin; / vañjula is known as vetasa; bhallāta is also aruṣkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.10)

lodhraḥ sāravako dhṛṣṭastirīṭaścāpi kīrtitaḥ /  
bṛhatphalā mahājambūrjñeyā bālaphalā parā //

> Lodhra is called sāvaraka, dhṛṣṭa, and tirīṭa; / mahājambū has large fruits, and the other is known as bālaphalā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.11)

tṛtīyā jalajambūḥ syānnādeyī sā ca kīrtitā /  
kaṇā kṛṣṇopakuñcī ca śauṇḍī māgadhiketi ca //

> The third is jalajambū, also called nādeyī; / kaṇā, kṛṣṇā, upakuñcī, śauṇḍī, and māgadhikā  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.12)

kathitā pippalī tajjñaistanmūlaṃ granthikaṃ smṛtam /  
ūṣaṇaṃ maricaṃ jñeyaṃ śuṇṭhī viśvaṃ mahauṣadham //

> are stated by experts to be pippalī, and its root is known as granthika; / ūṣaṇa is marica; śuṇṭhī, viśvā, and mahauṣadha \[are the same\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.13)

vyoṣaṃ kaṭutrayaṃ vidyāttryūṣaṇaṃ tacca kīrtyate /  
lāṅgalī halinī ca syāccheyasī gaja pippalī //

> One should know vyoṣa as the three pungents, and that is also called tryūṣaṇa; / lāṅgalī is halinī; śreyasī is gajapippalī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.14)

trāyantī trāyamāṇā syādutsāyā suvahā smṛtā /  
citrakaḥ syācchikhī vahniragnisaṃjñābhirucyate //

> Trāyantī is trāyamāṇā, utsāyā, and remembered as suvahā; / citraka is śikhin, vahni, and denoted by the names of fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.15)

ṣaḍgranthogrā vacā jñeyā śvetā haimavatīti ca /  
kuṭajo vṛkṣakaḥ śakro vatsako girimāllikā //

> Vacā is known as ṣaḍgranthā, ugrā, śvetā, and haimavatī; / kuṭaja is vṛkṣaka, śakra, vatsaka, and girimallikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.16)

kaliṅgendrayavāriṣṭaṃ tasya bījāni lakṣayet /  
mustakto meghanāmā syātkauntī jñeyā hareṇukā //

> One should recognize its seeds as kaliṅga, indrayava, and ariṣṭa; / mustaka has the names of clouds; hareṇukā is known as kauntī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.17)

elā ca bahulā proktā sūkṣmailā ca tathā truṭiḥ /  
padmā bhārṅgo tathā kāñjī jñeyā brāhmaṇayaṣṭikā //

> Large cardamoms are called elā and bahulā; small cardamom is truṭi; / padmā, bhārṅgī, kāñjī, and brāhmaṇayaṣṭikā are known \[as synonymous\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.18)

mūrvā madhurasā jñeyā tejanī tiktavallikā /  
mahānimbo bṛhannimbo dīpyakaḥ syādyavānikā //

> Mūrvā is known as madhurasā, tejanī, and tiktavallikā; / mahānimba is bṛhannimba; dīpyaka is yavānikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.19)

viḍaṅgaṃ krimaśatruḥ syādrāmaṭhaṃ hiṅgurucyate /  
ajājī jīrakaṃ jñeyā kāravī copakuñcikā //

> Viḍaṅga is kṛmiśatru; hiṅgu is called rāmaṭha; / ajājī is known as jīraka; and kāravī is upakuñcikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.20)

vijñeyā kaṭukā tiktā tathā kaṭukarohiṇī /  
tagaraṃ syānnataṃ vakraṃ cocaṃ tvacavarāṅgakam //

> Kaṭukā is known as tiktā and kaṭukarohiṇī; / tagara is nata and vakra; coca is tvac and varāṅgaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.21)

udīcyaṃ bālakaṃ proktaṃ hrīberaṃ cāmbunāmabhiḥ /  
patrakaṃ dalasaṃjñābhiścārakaṃ taskarāhvayam //

> Bālaka is called udīcya and hrībera, and by the names of water; / patraka is called by the names of leaf; cāraka is called taskara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.22)

hemābhaṃ nāgasaṃjñābhirnāgakeśara ucyate /  
asṛkkuṅkumamākhyātaṃ tathā kāśmīrabāhlikam //

> Nāgakeśara is spoken of as hemābha and by the names of serpents; / saffron is called asṛk, kuṅkuma, kāśmīra, and bāhlika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.23)

ayo lohaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ yaugikairlohanāmabhiḥ /  
puraṃ kuṭanaṭaṃ vidyānmahiṣākṣaḥ palaṅkaṣā //

> Iron is indicated by ayas and iron-related names; / one should know pura as kuṭanaṭa, mahiṣākṣa, and palaṅkaṣā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.24)

kāśmarī kaṭphalā jñeyā śrīparṇo ceti kīrtitā /  
śallakī gajabhakṣyā ca patrī ca surabhī stravaḥ //

> Kāśmarī is known as kaṭphalā and śrīparṇī; / śallakī is gajabhakṣyā, patrī, surabhi, and sravā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.25)

dhātrīmāmalakīṃ vidyādakṣaścaiva vibhītakaḥ /  
pathyābhayā ca vijñeyā pūtanā ca harītakī //

> One should know āmalakī as dhātrī; akṣa is vibhītaka; / pathyā, abhayā, and pūtanā are known as harītakī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.26)

triphalā phalamevoktā tacca jñeyaṃ phalatrikam /  
udakīryo dīrghavṛntaḥ karañjaśceti kīrtitaḥ //

> Triphalā is called simply 'the fruits,' and that is known as 'the triad of fruits'; / udakīrya is long-stalked, and is called karañja.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.27)

yaṣṭī yaṣṭyāhvayaṃ proktaṃ madukaṃ madhuyaṣṭikā /  
dhātakī tāmraparṇo syātsamaṅgā kuñjarā matā //

> Yaṣṭī, called yaṣṭyāhva, madhuka, and madhuyaṣṭikā; / dhātakī is tāmraparṇī; samaṅgā is considered kuñjarā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.28)

sitaṃ malayajaṃ śītaṃ gośīrṣaṃ sitacandanam /  
vidyādraktaṃ candanaṃ ca dvitīyaṃ raktacandanam //

> White sandalwood is sita, malayaja, śīta, gośīrṣa, and sitacandana; / one should know red sandalwood, the second, as raktacandana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.29)

kākolī ca smṛtā vīrā vayasyā cārkapuṣpikā /  
śṛṅgī karkaṭaśṛṅgī ca mahāghoṣā ca kīrtitā //

> Kākolī is remembered as vīrā, vayasya, and arkapuṣpikā; / śṛṅgī is called karkaṭaśṛṅgī and mahāghoṣā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.30)

tugākṣīrī śubhā vāṃśī vijñeyā vaṃśalocanā /  
mṛdvikā ca smṛtā drākṣā tathā gostanikā matā //

> Vaṃśalocanā is known as tugākṣīrī, śubhā, and vāṃśī; / drākṣā is remembered as mṛdvīkā and considered gostanikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.31)

syāduśīraṃ mṛṇālañca sevyaṃ lāmajjakaṃ tathā /  
sārañca gopavallī ca gopī bhadrā ca kathyate //

> Uśīra is mṛṇāla, sevya, and lāmajjaka; / sārivā is called gopavallī, gopī, and bhadrā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.32)

dantī kaṭaṅkaṭerī ca jñeyā dāruniśeti ca /  
haridrā rajanī proktā pītikā rātrināmikā //

> Dantī is kaṭaṅkaṭerī and known as dāruniśā; / turmeric is called haridrā, rajanī, pītikā, and by names of night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.33)

vṛkṣādanī chinnaruhā nīlavallī rasāmṛtā /  
vasukoṭaśca vijñeyo vāśiraḥ kāmpillo mataḥ //

> Vṛkṣādanī is chinnaruhā, nīlavallī, and rasāmṛtā; / vasukoṭa is known as vāśira; and kāmpilla is recognized.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.34)

pāṣāṇabhedako 'riṣṭo hyasmabhitkuṭṭabhedakaḥ /  
ghaṇṭākaḥ śuṣkako jñeyo vaco 'tha sūcako mataḥ //

> Pāṣāṇabheda is ariṣṭa, aśmabhid, and kuṭṭabhedaka; / ghaṇṭāka is known as śuṣkaka, vacas, and sūcaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.35)

suraso bījakaścaiva pītaśālo 'bhidhīyeta /  
vajravṛkṣo mahāvṛkṣaḥ snuhī snukca sudhā guḍā //

> Surasa is bījaka and called pītaśāla; / the thunderbolt-tree is mahāvṛkṣa, snuhī, snuk, sudhā, and guḍā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.36)

tulasīṃ surasāṃ vidyādupastheti ca kathyate /  
kuṭherako 'pyarjunakaḥ parṇo saugandhiparṇikraḥ //

> One should know tulasī as surasā, and it is called upasthā; / kuṭheraka is arjunaka, parṇin, and saugandhiparṇika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.37)

nīlaśca sindhuvāraśca nirguṇḍīti sugandhikā /  
jñeyā sugandhiparṇoti vāsantī kulajeti ca //

> Nīla and sindhuvāra are nirguṇḍī and sugandhikā; / she is known as sugandhiparṇā, vāsantī, and kulajā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.38)

kālīyakaṃ pītakāṣṭhaṃ katakākhyaḥ punaḥ smṛtaḥ /  
gāyatrīkhadiro jñeyastadbhedaḥ kandaro mataḥ //

> Kālīyaka is yellow wood; the other is named kataka; / gāyatrī is known as khadira; its variety is considered kandara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.39)

indī varaṃ kuvalayaṃ padmaṃ nīlotpalaṃ smṛtam /  
saugandhikaṃ śatadalamabjaṃ kamalamucyate //

> The blue water-lily is remembered as indīvara, kuvalaya, padma, and nīlotpala; / the lotus is called saugandhika, hundred-petalled, water-born, and kamala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.40)

ajavarṇo bhavedūrjo vājikarṇo 'śvakarṇakaḥ /  
śleṣmāntakastathā śelurbahuvāraśca kathyate //

> Ajavarṇa is ūrja; vājikarṇa is aśvakarṇaka; / śleṣmāntaka, likewise, is named śelu and bahuvāra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.41)

sunandakaḥ kakudbhadraṃ chatrākī chatrasaṃjñakā /  
kabarī kumbhako dhṛṣṭaḥ kṣudvidho dhanakṛttathā //

> Sunandaka is kakudbhadra; chatrākī is named chatrā; / kabarī is kumbhaka, dhṛṣṭa, kṣudvidha, and dhanakṛt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.42)

kṛṣṇārjakaḥ karālaśca kālamānaḥ prakīrtitaḥ /  
prācī balā nadīkrāntā kākajaṅghātha vāyasī //

> Kṛṣṇārjaka is karāla, and is proclaimed kālamāna; / prācībalā is nadīkrāntā, kākajaṅghā, and vāyasī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.43)

jñeyā mūṣikaparṇo tu bhramantī cākhuparṇikā /  
viṣamuṣṭirdrāvaṇañca keśamuṣṭirudāhṛtā //

> Mūṣikaparṇī should be known as bhramantī and ākhuparṇikā; / viṣamuṣṭi is drāvaṇa, and is called keśamuṣṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.44)

kiṃlihīṃ kaṭukīṃ vidyādantakaścāmlavetasaḥ /  
aśvatthā bahupatrā ca vijñeyā cāmalakyapi //

> One should know kiṃlihī to be kaṭukī, and antaka to be amlavetasa; / aśvatthā is bahupatrā, and should also be known as āmalakī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.45)

arūṣakraṃ patra śūkaṃ kṣīrī rājādanaṃ matam /  
mahāpatraṃ dāḍimaṃ ca tameva karakaṃ vadet //

> Arūṣkara is patraśūka; kṣīrī is considered rājādana; / mahāpatra and dāḍima: that very tree one calls karaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.46)

masūrī vidalī śaṣpā kālindīti nirucyate /  
kaṇṭakākhyā mahāśyāmā vṛkṣapādīti vakṣyate //

> Masūrī is called vidalī, śaṣpā, and kālindī; / kaṇṭakākhyā is declared to be mahāśyāmā and vṛkṣapādī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.47)

vidyā kuntī nikumbhā ca tribhaṅgī tripuṭī trivṛt /  
saptalā yavatiktā ca carmā carmakaseti ca //

> One should know kuntī, nikumbhā, tribhaṅgī, and tripuṭī to be trivṛt; / saptalā is yavatiktā, carmā, and carmakasā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.48)

śaṅkhinī sukumārī ca tiktākṣī cākṣipīlukam /  
gavākṣī cāmṛtā śvetā girikarṇo gavādinī //

> Śaṅkhinī is sukumārī, tiktākṣī, and akṣipīluka; / gavākṣī is amṛtā, śvetā, girikarṇī, and gavādinī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.49)

kāmpillako 'tha raktāṅgo guṇḍā rocaniketi ca /  
hemakṣīrī smṛtā pītā gaurī vai kāladugdhikā //

> Kāmpillaka is raktāṅga, guṇḍā, and rocanikā; / hemakṣīrī is remembered as pītā, gaurī, and kāladugdhikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.50)

gāṅgerukī nāgabalā viśālā cendravāruṇī /  
tārkṣyaṃ śailaṃ nīlavarṇamañjanañca rasāñjanam //

> Gāṅgerukī is nāgabalā; viśālā is indravāruṇī; / tārkṣya is śaila, nīlavarṇa, añjana, and rasāñjana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.51)

niryāso yaśca śālmalyāḥ sa mocarasasaṃjñakaḥ /  
pratyakpuṣpī kharī jñeyā apāmārgo mayūrakaḥ //

> The exudate that comes from the śālmali is known by the name mocārasa; / pratyakpuṣpī should be known as kharī, apāmārga, and mayūraka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.52)

siṃhāsyavṛṣavāsākamāṭarūṣakamādiśet /  
jīvako jīvaśākaśca karburañca śaṭīṃ viduḥ //

> One should indicate siṃhāsya, vṛṣa, vāsāka, and āṭarūṣaka \[as synonyms\]; / they know jīvaka as jīvaśāka, and karbura as śaṭī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.53)

kaṭphalaṃ somavṛkṣaḥ syādagnigandhā sugandhikā /  
śatāṅgaṃ śatapuṣpā ca miṃsirmadhurikāmatā //

> Kaṭphala is somavṛkṣa; agnigandhā is sugandhikā; / śatāṅga and śatapuṣpā are misi; it is considered madhurikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.54)

jñeyaṃ puṣkaramūlañca puṣkaraṃ puṣkarāhvayam /  
yāso 'tha dhanvayāsaśca duṣparśo 'tha durālabhā //

> Puṣkaramūla should be known as puṣkara and puṣkarāhvaya; / yāsa is dhanvayāsa, duṣparśa, and durālabhā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.55)

vākucī somarājī ca somavallīti kīrtitā /  
mārkavaḥ keśarājaśca bhṛṅgarājo nigadyate //

> Vākucī is somarājī and is celebrated as somavallī; / mārkava and keśarāja are called bhṛṅgarāja.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.56)

proktastveḍagajastajjñaiścakramardakasaṃjñakhaḥ /  
suraṅgītagaraḥ snāyuḥ kalanāśā tu vāyasī //

> Eḍagaja is called cakramardaka by experts in the subject; / suraṅgī is tagara and snāyu; kalanāśā is vāyasī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.57)

mahākālaḥ smṛto belastaṇḍulīyo ghanastanaḥ /  
ikṣvākustiktatumbī syāttiktālaburnigadyate //

> Mahākāla is remembered as bela; taṇḍulīya is ghanastana; / ikṣvāku is tiktatumbī, and is called tiktālābu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.58)

dhāmārgavo 'tha koṣātakyatha yāminī /  
vidyātkośatakībhedaṃ kṛtabhedanasaṃjñakā //

> Dhāmārgava is koṣātakī and yāminī; / one should know the variety of kośātakī that is named kṛtavedhana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.59)

tathā jīmūtakākhyā ca khuḍḍāko devatāḍakaḥ /  
gṛdhranakhī gṛdhranakhī hiṅgukākādanī matā //

> Likewise, the one named jīmūtaka is khuḍḍāka and devatāḍaka; / gṛdhranakhī is hiṅgukākādanī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.60)

aśvāriścaiva boddhavyaḥ karavīro 'śvamārakaḥ /  
sindhuḥ saindhavasindhūtthamaṇimanthamudāhṛtam //

> Aśvāri should be understood as karavīra and aśvamāraka; / sindhu, saindhava, and sindhūttha are declared to be maṇimantha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.61)

kṣāro yavāgrajaścaiva yavakṣāro 'bhidhīyate /  
sarjikā sarjikākṣāro dvitīyaḥ parikīrtitaḥ //

> The alkaline ash born from the tips of barley is called yavakṣāra; / sarjikā is sarjikākṣāra, proclaimed as the second \[alkali\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.62)

kāśīśaṃ puṣpakāśīśaṃ vijñeyaṃ nettrabheṣajam /  
dhātukāśīśakāśī ca saṃjñeyaṃ tacca kīrtitam //

> Kāśīsa and puṣpakāśīsa should be known as eye medicine; / dhātukāśīsa and kāśī are also cited as names for it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.63)

saurāṣṭrī mṛttikākṣāraṃ kākṣī vai paṅkaparpaṭī /  
vidyātsamākṣikaṃ dhātu tāpyaṃ tāpyutthasambhavam //

> Saurāṣṭrī is earth-alkali, kāṅkṣī, and paṅkaparpaṭī; / one should know the mineral mākṣika to be tāpya and tāpyotthasaṃbhava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.64)

śilā manaḥ śilā jñeyā nepālī kulaṭīti ca /  
ālaṃ manastālakaṃ vā haritālaṃ vinirdiśet //

> Śilā should be known as manaḥśilā, nepālī, and kulaṭī; / āla or manastālaka should be indicated as haritāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.65)

gandhako gandhapāṣāṇo rasaḥ pārada ucyate /  
tāmramaudumbaraṃ śulbaṃ vidyānmlecchamukhaṃ tathā //

> Gandhaka is sulfur stone; rasa is called mercury; / one should know tāmra as audumbara, copper, and mlecchamukha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.66)

adrisārastvayastīkṣṇaṃ lohakañcāpi kathyate /  
mākṣikaṃ madhu ca kṣaudraṃ tacca puṣparasaṃ smṛtam //

> Adrisāra, ayas, tīkṣṇa, and lohaka are also spoken of \[as iron\]; / mākṣika, madhu, and kṣaudra are known as flower nectar \[honey\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.67)

jyeṣṭhantu sodakaṃ tatsyātkāñjikantu suvīrakam /  
sītā sitopalā caiva matsyaṇḍīśarkarā smṛtā //

> Jyeṣṭhasodaka is that very kāñjika and sauvīraka; / sītā, sitopalā, and matsyaṇḍī are remembered as sugar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.68)

tvagelāpatrakaistulyaistrisugandhi trijātakam /  
nāgakeśarasaṃyuktaṃ taccaturjātamiṣyate //

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

### [1.204.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.69)

pippalī pippalīmūlaṃ cavyacitrakanāgaraiḥ /  
kathitaṃ pañcakolañca kolakaṃ kolasaṃjñayā //

> With pippalī, pippalī-root, cavya, citraka, and dry ginger, / the pañcakola is taught, and kolaka by the name kola.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.70)

priyaṅguḥ kaṅgukā jñeyā koradūṣaśca kodravaḥ /  
tripuṭaḥ puṭasaṃjñaśca kalāpo laṅgako mataḥ //

> Priyaṅgu should be known as kaṅgukā; koradūṣa is kodrava; / tripuṭa is puṭasaṃjña; kalāpa is considered laṅgaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.71)

satīno vartulaścaiva veṇuścāpi prakīrtitaḥ /  
picukaṃ pitalaṃ cākṣaṃ biḍālapadakaṃ tathā //

> Satīna is vartula, and is also declared to be veṇu; / picuka, pitala, akṣa, and biḍālapadaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.72)

vidyātkarṣaṃ tathā cāpi suvarṇaṃ kavalagraham /  
palārdhaṃ śuktimicchanti tathāṣṭaumāṣakāstviti //

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

### [1.204.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.73)

palaṃ bilvañca muṣṭiḥ syāddve pale prasṛtiṃ vadet /  
añjaliṃ kuḍavañcaiva vidyātpalacatuṣṭayam //

> Pala, bilva, and muṣṭi \[are synonyms\]; two palas one calls a prasṛti; / one should know an añjali and a kuḍava to be four palas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.74)

aṣṭamānaṃ palānyaṣṭau tacca mānamiti smṛtam /  
caturbhiḥ kuḍavaiḥ prastha prasthāścatvāra āḍhakaḥ //

> An aṣṭamāna is eight palas, and that is remembered as a māna; / by four kuḍavas a prastha \[is formed\]; four prasthas are an āḍhaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.75)

kāśapātrañca saṃprokto droṇaścacaturāḍhake /  
tulā palaśataṃ proktaṃ bhāgo viṃśatpalaḥ smṛtaḥ //

> 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 \[error for tulās\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.76)

mānamevaṃ vidhaṃ proktaṃ prasthadravyeṣu paṇḍitaiḥ /  
dravadravyeṣu coddiṣṭaṃ dviguṇaṃ parikīrtitam //

> Such a measure is declared by the wise for dry substances; / for liquid substances, it is taught and proclaimed as double.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.77)

bhadradāru devakāṣṭhaṃ dāru syāddevadārukam /  
kuṣṭhamāmayamākhyātaṃ māṃsīñca naladaṃśanam //

> Bhadradāru is devakāṣṭha; dāru is devadāruka; / kuṣṭha is called āmaya; māṃsī is called nalada;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.78)

śaṅkhaḥ śuktinakhaḥ śaṅkho vyāghro vyāghranakhaḥ smṛtaḥ /  
puraṃ palaṅkaṣaṃ vidyānmahiṣākṣañca gugguluḥ //

> śaṅkha is śuktinakha; śaṅkha is remembered as vyāghra and vyāghranakha; / one should know pura and palaṅkaṣa, as well as mahiṣākṣa, to be guggulu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.79)

raso gandharaso bole sarjaḥ sarjaraso mataḥ /  
priyaṅguḥ phalinī śyāmā gaurī kānteti cocyate //

> Rasa and gandharasa are in bola; sarja is considered sarjarasa; / priyaṅgu is called phalinī, śyāmā, gaurī, and kāntā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.80)

karañjau naktamālaḥ syātpūtikaścirabilvakaḥ /  
śigruḥ śobhāñjano nāma jñānamānaśca kīrtitaḥ //

> Two karañjas are naktamāla, pūtika, and cirabilvaka; / śigru is named śobhāñjana, and is proclaimed jñānamāna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.81)

jayā jayantī śaraṇī nirguṇḍī sindhuvārakaḥ /  
moraṭā pīluparṇo ca tuṇḍī syāttuṇḍikerikā //

> Jayā is jayantī and śaraṇī; nirguṇḍī is sindhuvāraka; / moraṭā is pīluparṇī; tuṇḍī is tuṇḍikerikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.82)

madano gālavo bodho ghoṭā ghoṭī ca kathyate /  
caturaṅgula sampāko vyādhighātābhisaṃjñakaḥ //

> Madana is gālava, bodha, and is called ghoṭā and ghoṭī; / caturaṅgula and sampāka have the designation vyādhighāta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.83)

vidyādāragvadhaṃ rājavṛkṣaṃ raivatasaṃjñakam /  
dantī kākendutiktā syātkaṇṭakī ca vikaṅkataḥ //

> One should know āragvadha to be rājavṛkṣa and named raivata; / dantī is kākendutiktā; kaṇṭakī is vikaṅkata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.84)

nimbo 'riṣṭaḥ samākhyātaḥ paṭolaṃ kolakaṃ viduḥ /  
vayasthā ca viśalyā ca cchinnā chinnaruhā matā //

> Nimba is called ariṣṭa; they know paṭola to be kolaka; / vayasthā, viśalyā, chinnā, and chinnaruhā are considered \[synonyms\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.85)

vaśā dantyamṛtā ceti guḍūcīnāmasaṃgrahaḥ /  
kirātatiktakaścaiva bhūnimbaḥ kāṇḍatiktakaḥ //

> Vaśā, dantī, and amṛtā: this is the compendium of names for guḍūcī; / kirātatiktaka is bhūnimba and kāṇḍatiktaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.204.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.86)

sūta uvāca /  
nāmānyetāni ca hare vanyānāṃ bheṣajāṃ tathā /  
ato vyākaraṇaṃ vakṣye kumāroktañca śaunaka //

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

### [1.204.86.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.86.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe caturattaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the two hundred and fourth chapter in the first section called Ācārakāṇḍa of the Purvakhaṇḍa in the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Siddhisāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.siddhisara.32.4) — Sanskrit
- [Siddhasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.siddhasara.p448) — Ravigupta, Sanskrit

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