[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 1.204 # Garudapurana 1.204 English (machine translation) 1.204 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.204.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.86) — 1 part ### [1.204.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.1) 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. ### [1.204.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.2) Sthirā, vidārigandhā, śālaparṇī, aṃśumatī, / lāṅgalī, kalasī, kroṣṭupucchā, and guhā are considered synonymous. ### [1.204.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.3) Punarnavā is also varṣābhū, kaṭhillā, and kāruṇā; / eraṇḍa is uruvūka, āmarda, and vardhamānaka. ### [1.204.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.4) Jhaṣā is known as nāgabalā; śvadaṃṣṭrā is considered gokṣura; / śatāvarī is varā, bhīru, pīvarī, indīvarī, and varī. ### [1.204.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.5) Vyāghrī is bṛhatī, kṛṣṇā, haṃsapādī, madhusravā, / dhāmanī, kaṇṭakārī, kṣudrā, siṃhī, and nidigdhikā. ### [1.204.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.6) Vṛścikā is tryamṛtā, kālī, viṣaghnī, and sarpadaṃṣṭrikā; / markaṭī is ātmaguptā, ārṣeyī, and kapikacchū. ### [1.204.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.7) Mudgaparṇī is kṣudrasahā; māṣaparṇī is mahāsahā; / \[…\]; / nyagrodha is known as vaṭa; aśvattha is considered kapila. ### [1.204.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.8) Plakṣa is gardabhāṇḍa, parkaṭī, and kapītana; / pārtha, kakubha, and dhanvin are known as names of arjuna. ### [1.204.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.9) Nandīvṛkṣa is prarohin and is called puṣṭikārin; / vañjula is known as vetasa; bhallāta is also aruṣkara. ### [1.204.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.10) Lodhra is called sāvaraka, dhṛṣṭa, and tirīṭa; / mahājambū has large fruits, and the other is known as bālaphalā. ### [1.204.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.11) The third is jalajambū, also called nādeyī; / kaṇā, kṛṣṇā, upakuñcī, śauṇḍī, and māgadhikā ### [1.204.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.12) are stated by experts to be pippalī, and its root is known as granthika; / ūṣaṇa is marica; śuṇṭhī, viśvā, and mahauṣadha \[are the same\]. ### [1.204.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.13) One should know vyoṣa as the three pungents, and that is also called tryūṣaṇa; / lāṅgalī is halinī; śreyasī is gajapippalī. ### [1.204.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.14) Trāyantī is trāyamāṇā, utsāyā, and remembered as suvahā; / citraka is śikhin, vahni, and denoted by the names of fire. ### [1.204.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.15) Vacā is known as ṣaḍgranthā, ugrā, śvetā, and haimavatī; / kuṭaja is vṛkṣaka, śakra, vatsaka, and girimallikā. ### [1.204.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.16) One should recognize its seeds as kaliṅga, indrayava, and ariṣṭa; / mustaka has the names of clouds; hareṇukā is known as kauntī. ### [1.204.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.17) Large cardamoms are called elā and bahulā; small cardamom is truṭi; / padmā, bhārṅgī, kāñjī, and brāhmaṇayaṣṭikā are known \[as synonymous\]. ### [1.204.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.18) Mūrvā is known as madhurasā, tejanī, and tiktavallikā; / mahānimba is bṛhannimba; dīpyaka is yavānikā. ### [1.204.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.19) Viḍaṅga is kṛmiśatru; hiṅgu is called rāmaṭha; / ajājī is known as jīraka; and kāravī is upakuñcikā. ### [1.204.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.20) Kaṭukā is known as tiktā and kaṭukarohiṇī; / tagara is nata and vakra; coca is tvac and varāṅgaka. ### [1.204.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.21) Bālaka is called udīcya and hrībera, and by the names of water; / patraka is called by the names of leaf; cāraka is called taskara. ### [1.204.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.22) Nāgakeśara is spoken of as hemābha and by the names of serpents; / saffron is called asṛk, kuṅkuma, kāśmīra, and bāhlika. ### [1.204.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.23) Iron is indicated by ayas and iron-related names; / one should know pura as kuṭanaṭa, mahiṣākṣa, and palaṅkaṣā. ### [1.204.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.24) Kāśmarī is known as kaṭphalā and śrīparṇī; / śallakī is gajabhakṣyā, patrī, surabhi, and sravā. ### [1.204.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.25) One should know āmalakī as dhātrī; akṣa is vibhītaka; / pathyā, abhayā, and pūtanā are known as harītakī. ### [1.204.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.26) Triphalā is called simply 'the fruits,' and that is known as 'the triad of fruits'; / udakīrya is long-stalked, and is called karañja. ### [1.204.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.27) Yaṣṭī, called yaṣṭyāhva, madhuka, and madhuyaṣṭikā; / dhātakī is tāmraparṇī; samaṅgā is considered kuñjarā. ### [1.204.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.28) White sandalwood is sita, malayaja, śīta, gośīrṣa, and sitacandana; / one should know red sandalwood, the second, as raktacandana. ### [1.204.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.29) Kākolī is remembered as vīrā, vayasya, and arkapuṣpikā; / śṛṅgī is called karkaṭaśṛṅgī and mahāghoṣā. ### [1.204.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.30) Vaṃśalocanā is known as tugākṣīrī, śubhā, and vāṃśī; / drākṣā is remembered as mṛdvīkā and considered gostanikā. ### [1.204.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.31) Uśīra is mṛṇāla, sevya, and lāmajjaka; / sārivā is called gopavallī, gopī, and bhadrā. ### [1.204.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.32) Dantī is kaṭaṅkaṭerī and known as dāruniśā; / turmeric is called haridrā, rajanī, pītikā, and by names of night. ### [1.204.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.33) Vṛkṣādanī is chinnaruhā, nīlavallī, and rasāmṛtā; / vasukoṭa is known as vāśira; and kāmpilla is recognized. ### [1.204.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.34) Pāṣāṇabheda is ariṣṭa, aśmabhid, and kuṭṭabhedaka; / ghaṇṭāka is known as śuṣkaka, vacas, and sūcaka. ### [1.204.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.35) Surasa is bījaka and called pītaśāla; / the thunderbolt-tree is mahāvṛkṣa, snuhī, snuk, sudhā, and guḍā. ### [1.204.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.36) One should know tulasī as surasā, and it is called upasthā; / kuṭheraka is arjunaka, parṇin, and saugandhiparṇika. ### [1.204.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.37) Nīla and sindhuvāra are nirguṇḍī and sugandhikā; / she is known as sugandhiparṇā, vāsantī, and kulajā. ### [1.204.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.38) Kālīyaka is yellow wood; the other is named kataka; / gāyatrī is known as khadira; its variety is considered kandara. ### [1.204.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.39) The blue water-lily is remembered as indīvara, kuvalaya, padma, and nīlotpala; / the lotus is called saugandhika, hundred-petalled, water-born, and kamala. ### [1.204.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.40) Ajavarṇa is ūrja; vājikarṇa is aśvakarṇaka; / śleṣmāntaka, likewise, is named śelu and bahuvāra. ### [1.204.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.41) Sunandaka is kakudbhadra; chatrākī is named chatrā; / kabarī is kumbhaka, dhṛṣṭa, kṣudvidha, and dhanakṛt. ### [1.204.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.42) Kṛṣṇārjaka is karāla, and is proclaimed kālamāna; / prācībalā is nadīkrāntā, kākajaṅghā, and vāyasī. ### [1.204.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.43) Mūṣikaparṇī should be known as bhramantī and ākhuparṇikā; / viṣamuṣṭi is drāvaṇa, and is called keśamuṣṭi. ### [1.204.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.44) One should know kiṃlihī to be kaṭukī, and antaka to be amlavetasa; / aśvatthā is bahupatrā, and should also be known as āmalakī. ### [1.204.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.45) Arūṣkara is patraśūka; kṣīrī is considered rājādana; / mahāpatra and dāḍima: that very tree one calls karaka. ### [1.204.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.46) Masūrī is called vidalī, śaṣpā, and kālindī; / kaṇṭakākhyā is declared to be mahāśyāmā and vṛkṣapādī. ### [1.204.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.47) One should know kuntī, nikumbhā, tribhaṅgī, and tripuṭī to be trivṛt; / saptalā is yavatiktā, carmā, and carmakasā. ### [1.204.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.48) Śaṅkhinī is sukumārī, tiktākṣī, and akṣipīluka; / gavākṣī is amṛtā, śvetā, girikarṇī, and gavādinī. ### [1.204.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.49) Kāmpillaka is raktāṅga, guṇḍā, and rocanikā; / hemakṣīrī is remembered as pītā, gaurī, and kāladugdhikā. ### [1.204.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.50) Gāṅgerukī is nāgabalā; viśālā is indravāruṇī; / tārkṣya is śaila, nīlavarṇa, añjana, and rasāñjana. ### [1.204.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.51) The exudate that comes from the śālmali is known by the name mocārasa; / pratyakpuṣpī should be known as kharī, apāmārga, and mayūraka. ### [1.204.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.52) One should indicate siṃhāsya, vṛṣa, vāsāka, and āṭarūṣaka \[as synonyms\]; / they know jīvaka as jīvaśāka, and karbura as śaṭī. ### [1.204.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.53) Kaṭphala is somavṛkṣa; agnigandhā is sugandhikā; / śatāṅga and śatapuṣpā are misi; it is considered madhurikā. ### [1.204.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.54) Puṣkaramūla should be known as puṣkara and puṣkarāhvaya; / yāsa is dhanvayāsa, duṣparśa, and durālabhā. ### [1.204.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.55) Vākucī is somarājī and is celebrated as somavallī; / mārkava and keśarāja are called bhṛṅgarāja. ### [1.204.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.56) Eḍagaja is called cakramardaka by experts in the subject; / suraṅgī is tagara and snāyu; kalanāśā is vāyasī. ### [1.204.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.57) Mahākāla is remembered as bela; taṇḍulīya is ghanastana; / ikṣvāku is tiktatumbī, and is called tiktālābu. ### [1.204.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.58) Dhāmārgava is koṣātakī and yāminī; / one should know the variety of kośātakī that is named kṛtavedhana. ### [1.204.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.59) Likewise, the one named jīmūtaka is khuḍḍāka and devatāḍaka; / gṛdhranakhī is hiṅgukākādanī. ### [1.204.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.60) Aśvāri should be understood as karavīra and aśvamāraka; / sindhu, saindhava, and sindhūttha are declared to be maṇimantha. ### [1.204.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.61) The alkaline ash born from the tips of barley is called yavakṣāra; / sarjikā is sarjikākṣāra, proclaimed as the second \[alkali\]. ### [1.204.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.62) Kāśīsa and puṣpakāśīsa should be known as eye medicine; / dhātukāśīsa and kāśī are also cited as names for it. ### [1.204.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.63) Saurāṣṭrī is earth-alkali, kāṅkṣī, and paṅkaparpaṭī; / one should know the mineral mākṣika to be tāpya and tāpyotthasaṃbhava. ### [1.204.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.64) Śilā should be known as manaḥśilā, nepālī, and kulaṭī; / āla or manastālaka should be indicated as haritāla. ### [1.204.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.65) Gandhaka is sulfur stone; rasa is called mercury; / one should know tāmra as audumbara, copper, and mlecchamukha. ### [1.204.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.66) Adrisāra, ayas, tīkṣṇa, and lohaka are also spoken of \[as iron\]; / mākṣika, madhu, and kṣaudra are known as flower nectar \[honey\]. ### [1.204.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.67) Jyeṣṭhasodaka is that very kāñjika and sauvīraka; / sītā, sitopalā, and matsyaṇḍī are remembered as sugar. ### [1.204.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.68) 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. ### [1.204.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.69) With pippalī, pippalī-root, cavya, citraka, and dry ginger, / the pañcakola is taught, and kolaka by the name kola. ### [1.204.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.70) Priyaṅgu should be known as kaṅgukā; koradūṣa is kodrava; / tripuṭa is puṭasaṃjña; kalāpa is considered laṅgaka. ### [1.204.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.71) Satīna is vartula, and is also declared to be veṇu; / picuka, pitala, akṣa, and biḍālapadaka, ### [1.204.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.72) 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. ### [1.204.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.73) Pala, bilva, and muṣṭi \[are synonyms\]; two palas one calls a prasṛti; / one should know an añjali and a kuḍava to be four palas. ### [1.204.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.74) An aṣṭamāna is eight palas, and that is remembered as a māna; / by four kuḍavas a prastha \[is formed\]; four prasthas are an āḍhaka. ### [1.204.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.75) 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 \[error for tulās\]. ### [1.204.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.76) Such a measure is declared by the wise for dry substances; / for liquid substances, it is taught and proclaimed as double. ### [1.204.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.77) Bhadradāru is devakāṣṭha; dāru is devadāruka; / kuṣṭha is called āmaya; māṃsī is called nalada; ### [1.204.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.78) śaṅkha is śuktinakha; śaṅkha is remembered as vyāghra and vyāghranakha; / one should know pura and palaṅkaṣa, as well as mahiṣākṣa, to be guggulu. ### [1.204.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.79) Rasa and gandharasa are in bola; sarja is considered sarjarasa; / priyaṅgu is called phalinī, śyāmā, gaurī, and kāntā. ### [1.204.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.80) Two karañjas are naktamāla, pūtika, and cirabilvaka; / śigru is named śobhāñjana, and is proclaimed jñānamāna. ### [1.204.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.81) Jayā is jayantī and śaraṇī; nirguṇḍī is sindhuvāraka; / moraṭā is pīluparṇī; tuṇḍī is tuṇḍikerikā. ### [1.204.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.82) Madana is gālava, bodha, and is called ghoṭā and ghoṭī; / caturaṅgula and sampāka have the designation vyādhighāta. ### [1.204.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.83) One should know āragvadha to be rājavṛkṣa and named raivata; / dantī is kākendutiktā; kaṇṭakī is vikaṅkata. ### [1.204.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.84) Nimba is called ariṣṭa; they know paṭola to be kolaka; / vayasthā, viśalyā, chinnā, and chinnaruhā are considered \[synonyms\]. ### [1.204.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.85) Vaśā, dantī, and amṛtā: this is the compendium of names for guḍūcī; / kirātatiktaka is bhūnimba and kāṇḍatiktaka. ### [1.204.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.86) Sūta said: / These are the names of wild medicinal plants for Hari; / next I will speak of grammar as taught by Kumāra, O Śaunaka. ### [1.204.86.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204.86.p1) Thus ends the two hundred and fourth chapter in the first section called Ācārakāṇḍa of the Purvakhaṇḍa in the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.204.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.204) · Pramāṇa