Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c6.t3.124

c6.t3.124

“Lands that are beaten by foam (phenāghātaḥ, i.e., banks of rivers, etc.), are suitable for growing Vallīphala (pumpkin, gourd, and the like) ; lands that are frequently overflown by water (parivāhāntā) for long pepper, grapes (mṛdvikā), and sugarcane ; the vicinity of wells for vegetables and roots, low grounds (haraṇiparyantaḥ—moist beds of lakes—com.) for green crops ; and marginal furrows between any two rows of crops are suitable for the plantation of fragrant plants, medicinal herbs, khuskhus roots (uśīra), hira (?), beraka (?) and piṇḍāluka (lac) and the like.