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71 See Ca.Sū.25.40, where the synonym pratyakpuṣpā is used (as at Sū.1.82, where it is a phalinī). The apāmārgataṇḍulādi group is referred to at Ca.Vi.7.20. The plant called apāmārga was used from early times in magic and medicine. See on apāmārga: L.P. van den Bosch (1978): 99; W. Caland (1967): 15, 156, 176; J. Gonda (1960): 113, 164; V. Henry (1988): 53, 109, 174, 181; A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967); J.J. Meyer (1937): II, 3–4, 23–24; H. Oldenberg (1923): 327, 489, 527–528; H.C. Patyal (1989); N.J. Shende (n.d.): 155–156, (1985): 174–176; R. Syed (1990): 40–45; H. Zimmer (1879): 66–67; K.G. Zysk (1985): 21, 51. Apāmārga is used in Vedic medicine to wipe away the mysterious disease called kṣetriya. See on this disease: J. Filliozat (1975): 93–96; Jyotir Mitra (1968a); V.W. Karambelkar (1961): 227–240; K.G. Zysk (1985; see index).