History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.32

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Patañjali in his Mahābhāṣya, II.1.1. refers to campaka and mallikā flowers. Mahabharata, III. 155 contains a description of gandhamādana forest which is pervaded with inebriating fragrance of flowers of trees and plants such as *āmra*, *ketaka*, *bakula*, *punnāga*, *pātala*, *mandara*, *indīvara*, *pārijāta*, *devadāru*, *kumuda*, *kalhāra* and others. The *Bṛhatsaṃhitā*, LXXVII, 6, mentions a process for manufacturing synthetic *campakagandhaitaila*.