Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c5.s7.112

c5.s7.112

*Sridhara*² in his *Nyaya Kandali* gives us illustrations of each of the above classes:—Thus *Ulapa* (*Imperata arundinacea*) as an example of *Trina*, wheat as an example of *Oshadhi*, *Kovidara* (Bauhinia) as an example of *Vriksha*, *Latā* is too well known to need any illustration, *Ketakī* (Pandanus odoratissimus) and *Vījapuraka* (Citrus medica) as examples of *Avatānas* (Vitapas—arboraceous plants, Seal) and the *Udumbara* (Ficus glomerata) as an example of *Vanaspati*.