A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.232

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The properties and actions of numerous medicinal substances are described: gold,440 silver,441 copper,442 kāṃsya,443 pittala,444 tin,445 lead,446 kṛṣṇaloha,447 tīkṣṇaloha448 (12.8–14); precious and semi-precious stones (12.15–16);449 glass (kāca) (12.17);450 a series of, mainly inorganic, substances: śaṅkha (shells), udadhimala, tutthaka, gairika, manohvā, haritāla, añjana in general and its varieties: sroto’ñjana, sauvīrāñjana and rasāñjana, followed by śilājatu, vaṃśarocanā and tugākṣīrī (12. 18–25); salts in general,451 and types of salt: saindhava,452 sauvarcala,453 viḍa,454 sāmudra,455 audbhida,456 kṛṣṇalavaṇa,457 romaka and pāṃsūttha458 (12.26–32ab);459 yavaśūkaja460 and svarjikā461 (12.32cd–33); kṣāra in general (12.34);462 a group of plants: harītakī (12.35–39ab),463 āmalaka (12.39cd–40)464 and akṣa (12.41–42ab),465 forming together triphalā (12.42c–f);466 more groups of substances: caturjāta, trijātaka and pañcakola (12.43–49),467 mahāpañcamūla, hrasvapañcamūla, madhyamapañcamūla, jīvanākhyapañcamūla, tṛṇapañcamūla,468 vallīpañcamūla, and kaṇṭakākhyapañcamūla (12.50–55);469 a group of spices (annagandhahara), consisting of kāravī, kuñcikā, ajājī, kavarī, dhānya, and tumburu (12.56);470 a series of additional spices: bāṣpikā,471 rājikā,472 and dīpyaka473 (12.57); sarṣapa (12.58ab);474 hiṅgu and its best variety, which grows in Boṣkāṇa (12.59);475 plants that can be used instead of hiṅgu, but of less quality: śatāhvā,476 kuṣṭha,477 tagara,478 suradāru,479 and hareṇu480 (12.60); elā, elavālu, the bark of sarala, vyāghuranakha, coraka (12.61); sairyaka (12.62ab); gokṣuraka (12.62cd); the two kinds of viṣā (12.63ab); musta (12.63cd); amṛtā (12.64); bhūnimba and parpaṭa481 (12.65ab); nimba (12.65cd); mahānimba (12.66ab); guggulu (12.66cd–68); śaṅkhapuṣpī (12.69); candanā (12.70); uśīra and vālaka (12.71); madhuka (12.72); the two kinds of niśā (12.73); prapauṇḍarīka (12.74); the three kinds of balā (12.75ab); nāgabalā (12.75cd); tāmbūla (12.76ab); pūga (12.76cd);482 jātipattrī, kaṭuphala, kaṅkolaka, and lavaṅgaka (12.77);483 karpūra (12.78ab);484 latākastūrikā (12.78cd);485 padma (12.79ab); bakula,486 punnāga, kumuda, utpala, and pāṭala487 (12.79cd);488 koraṇḍa,489 and kimśuka490 (12.80ab); mālatī and mallikā (12.80cd);491 nāga492 and sinduvāra 493 (12.81ab); ketaka and śirīṣa (12.81cd); agastya (12.82);494 bandhūka and yūthikā495 (12.83ab); kuṅkuma (12.83cd);496 avalgu497 and eḍagaja498 (12.83ef).