A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.382

v1.c23.382

This one and venerable soma is divided into twenty-four varieties according to their habitat, name, form and potency (29.4). Their names are: aṃśumant, muñjavant, candramas, rajataprabha, dūrvāsoma, kanīyas, śvetākṣa, kanakaprabha, pratānavant, tālavṛnta, karavīra, aṃśavant, svayamprabha, mahāsoma, garuḍāhṛta, gāyatra, traiṣṭubha, pārikta, jāgata, śakvara, agniṣṭoma, raivata, yathokta, and uḍupati; all these auspicious names are mentioned in the Vedas;255 all the varieties enumerated have the same properties and are used in one and the same way, to be explained next (29.5–9).256