A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.268

v2.c30.268

10 Prescribed in the treatment of hṛdroga (Ca.Ci.26.99). The first brāhmarasāyana begins with the enumeration of five groups of five roots (pañcamūla), which are the same, without these terms being used, as the groups usually called laghu-, bṛhat-, madhyama-, jīvana- and tṛṇapañcamūla. The laghupañcamūla group is referred to as sthirādipañcamūla at Ca.Ci.8.133, hrasvā pañcamūlī at Ci.11.56, sthirādivarga at Ci.26.²³, sthirādika at Ci.26.74; the jīvanākhyapañcamūla group as jīvakādyagaṇa at Ca.Ci.26.278, as jīvakādyapañcamūla at Ci.30.270; the tṛṇapañcamūla group as śarapūrvapañcamūla at Ca.Ci.²².27, as tṛṇapañcamūla at Ci.22.30 and Si.3.48. Bṛhat- and laghupañcamūla together form the daśamūla group, as dvipañcamūla at Ca.Ci.12.50. See on the uses of tṛṇapañcamūla: P.V. Sharma (1966): 169–170, daśamūla: the same, 184–188, pañcapañcamūla: the same, 221, laghupañcamūla: the same, 222–223, bṛhatpañcamūla: the same, 224–225. See on groups of five of plant origin in Indian culture: T.N. Chakravarti (1951).