A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.638

v2.c30.638

528 A kind of śāli rice. 529 A synonym of dantī. 530 A kind of śaṣṭika rice. 531 Not elucidated by Cakra. Unidentified. 532 The same as atasī (see Jejjaṭa and Cakra), found in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 533 A synonym of dantī. 534 The same as pathyasundara according to Cakra; this plant name is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Identified as a species of Mollugo by P.V. Sharma (1997). 535 Identified by Cakra as bṛhatphalā goḍumbā, a plant name absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Cakra and Śivadāsa remark ad Ca.Sū.1.77 that hastidantī is the same as bṛhatphalā goḍumbā. Vanatrapuṣī is identified as Podophyllum hexandrum Royle by P.V. Sharma (1997). 536 The non-fragrant root of a plant related to vetasa or uśīra according to Jejjaṭa and Cakra. Regarded as identical with jalavetasa (variously identified) by P.V. Sharma (1997). 537 The same as kaivartamustaka (see Cakra and Śivadāsa), absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Kaivartamusta is identified as a species of Cyperus by P.V. Sharma (1997). 538 A synonym of kuṣṭha (see Cakra), often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 539 One of the synonyms of kamala or padma. 540 Not explained by Cakra. Mentioned in the Bhelasamhitā (Ci.17.29). A synonym of kaṇṭakārī according to T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). 541 A synonym of kimśuka or palāśa (see Jejjaṭa and Cakra), both found in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 542 Identified as pītabalā (see Cakra), absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Cakra (ad Sū. 4.9) regards bhadraudanī as another name for pītabalā. Cakra and Śivadāsa (ad Ca.Sū.4.10) say that atibalā is the same as pīta(puṣpa)balā. Atibalā occurs in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 543 The same as śvetabalā (Cakra), a name absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Śivadāsa remarks that it is identical with balā, which is very common in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 544 Cakra reads vāyasī (= kākamācī) and pīluka. T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972) regard vāyasapīluka as the name of one plant, identical with kākāṇḍa (of disputed identity). P.V. Sharma (1997) regards it as identical with kāraskara, Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. 545 A synonym of jīmūtaka. 546 The same as amlavetasa, mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 547 The same as mañjiṣṭhā (see Cakra), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 548 The same as jālandharaśāka (Cakra ad Vi.8.139) or jālandharī (Jejjaṭa ad Ci.29.65), kṣīrakākoli (Cakra ad Ci.9.45; others regard it as śālaparṇī), vidārikanda (Cakra ad Ci.11. 62; 21.78, 79), vṛddhi (Cakra ad Ci.29.65). Kṣīrakākoli and vidārī occur in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā; vṛddhi is mentioned in the Suśrutasamhitā. Vīrā is found in the Bhelasamhitā (Ci.2.34; 24.25). 549 Not elucidated by Cakra and Śivadāsa. A synonym of uśīra (frequent in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā) according to Gaṅgādhara and Yogindranāthasena. Compare abhaya. 550 The same as priyaṅgu (see Cakra and Śivadāsa), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. 551 The same as suniṣaṇṇaka (see Cakra), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā. Jejjaṭa identifies it as tuttha, adding that others regard it as dhānyaka. The latter is often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasamhitā.