A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.606

v2.c33.606

427 Not explained by Ḍalhaṇa. Compare kāñcanaka and unmatta(ka). Dhattūra is Datura metel Linn. according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 428 Regarded as śālaparṇī by Cakra. The same as durālabhā or śālaparṇī according to Ḍalhaṇa; both plants are found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 429 A type of sugarcane. 430 The same as śyoṇāka (see Ḍalhaṇa), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 431 The same as elā (see Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa), frequent in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 432 Not elucidated by Cakra. Known under this name according to Ḍalhaṇa. 433 A type of śāli rice. 434 Identical with hastipippalī (see Ḍalhaṇa), found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 435 Identified as śallakī (see Ḍalhaṇa), found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 436 Identified as padmabīja by Ḍalhaṇa. Compare gilodya and Caraka's aṅkalodya. 437 Not elucidated by Ḍalhaṇa. The same as gandhapriyaṅgu (mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā) or śaṭī (found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā) according to T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). 438 A synonym of eraṇḍa (see Ḍalhaṇa), frequent in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 439 The same as musta (see Ḍalhaṇa), found very often in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 440 An unidentified poisonous plant. 441 One of the names of khadira (see Ḍalhaṇa), often found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 442 The same as badarī (see Ḍalhaṇa), often occurring in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare gopaghaṇṭā. 443 Cakra reads aṅkalodya, explained as a plant also called ciñceḍaka. Ḍalhaṇa remarks that some read aṅkaloḍya (this name is found in the Carakasaṃhitā); he gives as other names of the plant kālaṅkataka and śītoḍyakanda (see his comments). Kālaṅkataka is found in the Carakasaṃhitā. Compare galodya. See on the identification of gilodya as species of the genus Ceropegia: O.P. Misra and L.K. Sharma (1989). 444 Identified as śvetasyanda or -syandā by Ḍalhaṇa; this plant name is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Śvetasyanda is the same as girikarṇikā (see Ḍalhaṇa ad Su.Ci.11.10), a plant name found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare giryāhvā. 445 Ḍalhaṇa splits the name (ad U.31.4) into giri (= girikarṇikā) and kadambaka; he mentions that others read girikadambaka (= mahākadambaka) as one word. Ḍalhaṇa himself reads girikadambaka (= mahākadambaka) at U.32.6. Mahākadambaka is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies girikadambaka as Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. 446 The same as śvetasyanda (see Ḍalhaṇa). Compare girihvā. 447 The same as priyaṅgu (see Ḍalhaṇa), known from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies gocandanā as Tylophora fasciculata Buch.-Ham. ex Wight. 448 Identified as dārvipattrikā by Cakra, who adds that others regard it as śākhoṭaka. The same as gojihvā according to Ḍalhaṇa, who adds that others regard it as śākhoṭaka. Gojihvā is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, śākhoṭa in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. Dārvipattrikā is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies gojihvā as Launea asplenifolia Hook.f., gojī as Onosma bracteatum Wall. 449 A variant (see Ḍalhaṇa) reads indrā and gopā, instead of the unusual indragopā. Gopā is a synonym of (sugandhamūlā) sārivā (see Ḍalhaṇa), often found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 450 A kind of badarī according to Cakra, who adds that others identify it as karkoṭakī. The same as ghoṭabadarī or karkoṭī according to Ḍalhaṇa. Karkoṭī is found in the Suśrutasaṃhitā; hitā; karkoṭakī is a synonym of dhāmārgava in the Carakasaṃhitā. Compare ghoṇṭā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies gopaghaṇṭā as Ziziphus xylopyra Willd.