A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.634

v2.c30.634

420 A synonym of snuh or sudhā. 421 Also called karparanandī according to Cakra. Unidentified. 422 Another name for aśvabalā (see the text of the Carakasamhitā). 423 Not elucidated by Cakra. Śivadāsa reads lakuca at Ca.Sū.25.39. Lakuca is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 424 See the text of the Carakasamhitā. Unidentified. 425 A synonym of snuh or sudhā. 426 A synonym of dravantī. 427 Explained as bāṇa by Jejjata, as nīlabheṇḍī by Cakra. Bāṇa, ususally regarded as a species of Barleria, is found in the Suśrutasamhitā; bheṇḍī is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies bheṇḍī as Hibiscus cannabinus Linn. 428 Not elucidated by Cakra. Regarded as identical with cāraṭī by P.V. Sharma (1997). See cāraṭī. 429 The same as kusumbha (see Cakra), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 430 The same as kuṣṭha (see Cakra), frequently occurring in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 431 Identified as gorakṣakarkaṭī by Cakra; gorakṣakarkaṭī, which may be the same as cirbhaṭa (P.V. Sharma, 1997), is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Cakra and Śivadāsa (ad Ca.Sū.4.10 and Śā.8.20) regard aindrī as another name for gorakṣakarkaṭī. 432 The same as śaṭī (see Cakra), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 433 An inferior kind of rice. 434 A kind of vetasa (see Cakra), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) regards parivyādha as a synonym of karṇikāra = āragvadha. 435 Not elucidated by Cakra. Identified as Ocimum sanctum Linn. by P.V. Sharma (1997). Various plants, characterized as parṇāsabheda, are related to parṇāsa. Parṇāsa is mentioned in the Bhelasamhitā (Sū.27.10). 436 Not elucidated by Cakra. Probably the same as parṇāsa. 437 Not explained by Cakra. Of uncertain identity. Proposed identifications are: Gardenia latifolia Ait. (P.V. Sharma, 1997) and Physalis minima Linn. (see T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar, 1972). 438 The same as parvaśāka (see Cakra), which is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Unidentified. 439 Identical with kukkuṭī (see Cakra), a plant of uncertain identity, mentioned in the Suśrutasamhitā. 440 A kind of śāli rice. 441 The same as bījapūraka (see Cakra), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 442 The same as moraṭā, but regarded as mūrvā or a kind of rāsnā by others (see Cakra). Mūrvā and rāsnā are frequently mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Compare pīluparṇikā. Pīluparṇī is found in the Bhelasamhitā (Ci.14.13). 443 Identical with moraṭā according to Cakra. Moraṭā/moraṭā occurs in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Compare pīluparṇī. 444 Not explained by Cakra. It may be the same as piṇḍītaka, mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 445 Identical with pītadāru, a synonym of dāruharidrā, often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 446 The same as ikṣugandhā according to Cakra. Ikṣugandhā, identical with kṣīravidārī according to P.V. Sharma (1997), is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Kṣīravidārī occurs in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā.