A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.629

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276 A synonym of saptalā. 277 One of the terms denoting a mushroom. Compare sarpacchatraka. 278 Identified as Panicum miliaceum Linn. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 279 The same as cīna. 280 The same as karkaṭī according to Cakra. Karkaṭī is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies cirbhaṭa as Cucumis melo var. momordica Duthie et Fuller, and karkaṭī as C. melo var. utilissimus Duthie et Fuller = C. utilissimus Linn. 281 The same as cāṅgerī according to Cakra, who reads cukrikā instead of cukrikā at Ci.15. 114. Cāṅgerī occurs in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) regards cukrikā as Rumex vesicarius Linn., cāṅgerī as Oxalis corniculata Linn. 282 The same as cāṅgerī according to Cakra ad Ci.24.151. 283 A kind of nāḍīca according to Cakra. Possibly some species of Corchorus according to T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). 284 Called hoggala in the vernacular according to Cakra (ad Ci.26.51); the same as gundrā or nala (ad Ka.1.25). Hoggala is identical with poṭagala according to Cakra (ad Vi.8.135). Gundrā and nala are found in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 285 A variety of ṣaṣṭika according to Cakra; a kind of kudhānya (inferior grain) according to others. 286 A synonym of dhāruharidrā, often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 287 A synonym of jīmūtaka. Compare jālamālinī. 288 A synonym of arjuna according to Cakra. Arjuna is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 289 A synonym of durālabhā according to Cakra and Śivadāsa. Compare dhanvayavāsa. Durālabhā occurs in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 290 The same as dhanvayāsa(ka). 291 Identical with kaṇṭakārī according to Cakra. Kaṇṭakārī is mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 292 Cakra says that it is known under this name. Dugdhikā is the same as kṣīriṇī (see Cakra ad Sū.1.78), found in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 293 A synonym of śāka according to Cakra. The śāka tree is mentioned in the Suśrutasamhitā. 294 The same as kaṇṭakārī according to Cakra. Compare dhāvanī. 295 The same as himsrā according to Cakra; identical with kaṇṭakārī according to others. Himsrā is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 296 A variant of dvīpī, recorded by Cakra, and regarded as identical with śatāvarī, common in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 297 The same as prapuṇṇāda according to Cakra and Śivadāsa. Prapuṇṇāda is mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 298 The same as pāṭhā (see Cakra), common in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 299 The same as rāsnā (see Cakra), common in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 300 Called hoggala in the vernacular according to Cakra and Śivadāsa. Jejjaṭa calls it aṭṭerakā. Identified as Typha laxmannii Lepech. by P.V. Sharma (1997). Compare daṇḍairakā. 301 A variety of ṣaṣṭika. 302 The same as priyaṅgu (see Cakra), common in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 303 The same as priyaṅgu according to Cakra and Śivadāsa. See gandhaphalā. 304 A synonym of jīmūtaka. 305 A kind of kudhānya (inferior grain). Identified as Coix gigantea Koenig ex Roxb. by P.V. Sharma (1997).