A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.637

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500 Cakra appears to take śuklasurasamañjarī as the name of one plant; he regards surasamañjarī as a kind of parṇāsa. Surasa, usually identified as Ocimum sanctum Linn., is often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 501 The same as badarī or badarikā (see Cakra), often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 502 One of the synonyms of mudgaparṇī and māṣaparṇī (see Jejjaṭa and Cakra), two plants mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Variants are sūyaparṇī and sūrpaparṇī. 503 Also called ādityaparṇī (see the text of the Carakasamhitā). Unidentified. 504 The same as kāsamarda (see Cakra), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Cakra reads śuṣāśāka instead of śuṣkaśāka and explains śuṣā as kāsamarda, while others regard it as a vegetable growing in arid regions (rūkṣadeśa). 505 See śuṣā. Śuṣkaśāka is found in the Bhelasamhitā (Sū.10.1). 506 A synonym of dantī. 507 Not explained by Cakra. Yūthikā is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. The Bhelasamhitā (Ci.16.79; 27.8) mentions svarṇayūthikā. 508 A synonym of madana. 509 Not explained by Cakra. Compare śvetabhaṇḍī. 510 The same as aparājitā (see Cakra), absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Compare asanaparṇī, sitagiri, śvetanāman. P.V. Sharma (1997) regards śvetabhaṇḍī as a synonym of śvetaśirīṣa. 511 The plant called karavīra is mentioned several times in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 512 The synonym śuklamarica is found in the Suśrutasamhitā, the synonym sitamarica in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. See on śvetamarica: P.V. Sharma (1997). 513 Identified as śvetāparājitā by Cakra, as aparājitā by Śivadāsa. Compare asanaparṇī, sitagiri, śvetabhaṇḍī. 514 The same as haimavatī (see Cakra ad Sū.4.9), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 515 Cakra reads śitaparṇī, which is explained as vṛkṣakalambukā. Dalhaṇa (ad Su.Sū.38.12) mentions that vṛkṣakalambuka is regarded as identical with vandāka. 516 An abbreviation of devatāḍaka. 517 An unidentified vegetable poison. 518 A kind of śāli rice. 519 Explained as kahlārakanda (the rhizome of the kahlāra) by Cakra. Identified as the tuber of Dioscorea belophylla Voigt by P.V. Sharma (1997). 520 The same as sthauneyaka, mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 521 A synonym of saptalā. 522 The same as tiktālābū (see Jejjaṭa) or kaṭukālābū (see Cakra). Tiktālābū, the bitter variety of Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl., is found in the Suśrutasamhitā. 523 The fruit of karīra according to Gaṅgādhara, T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972), and others. Karīra is mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 524 A synonym of tilvaka. 525 A synonym of devadāru (see Cakra). Compare kilima. 526 Not elucidated by Cakra. Possibly the root of gandhatṛṇa according to T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). Gandhatṛṇa is identified as Cymbopogon jwarancusa Schult. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 527 Not explained by Cakra. Identified as Morus alba Linn., the white mulberry tree, by P.V. Sharma (1997).