Markandeyapurana 49.73

49.73

yadā prasṛṣṭā oṣadhyo na prarohanti tāḥ punaḥ /
tataḥ sa tāsāṃ vṛddhyarthaṃ vārtopāyañcakāra ha //

And there are fourteen kinds of plants for use in sacrifices, both cultivated and wild, viz., the various kinds of both rice and barley, wheat, aṇu grain, sesamum, and seventh[62] among them priyaṅgu, and eighth kulatthaka, and śyāmāka[63] grain, wild rice, wild sesamum,[64] and gavedhuka[65] grass, kuruvinda[66] grass, markaṭaka,[67] and veṇu-gradha;[68] and these indeed are traditionally known as the fourteen cultivated and wild plants for use in sacrifices. When these plants are abandoned,[69] they do not spring forth again.

Thereupon the adorable self-existent Brahmā devised means of livelihood for the advancement of those people, and the perfection of the hands which results from work. Thenceforward plants were produced, which must ripen after ploughing. But when their livelihood was thoroughly ordained, the lord himself next established bounds for them according to