A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.610

v2.c33.610

527 A kind of sugarcane. Compare kośakṛt. 528 A kind of sugarcane. Compare kośakāra. 529 A variety of kośatakī (kaṭukośatakī or ghoṣaka) according to Ḍalhaṇa. Kośatakī is mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 530 Identical with viḍaṅga (see Ḍalhaṇa). Compare kīṭāri, kṛmighna, etc. 531 The same as viḍaṅga. Compare kṛmighātin. 532 The same as viḍaṅga. Compare kṛmighātin. 533 The two kinds of kṣaṇadā are the two kinds of haridrā (see Ḍalhaṇa), often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 534 A group of trees, mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā as kṣīravant, kṣīridruma, etc. Compare kṣīravṛkṣa and kṣīrin. 535 The same as a dairy produce (called sadyahprasūtagokṣīra by Cakra, kilātamastu by Ḍalhaṇa) (ad Sū.42.11); both commentators add that others regard it as the plant called pīluparṇī (mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā). Ḍalhaṇa regards kṣīramoraṭa as identical with moraṭa in his comments ad Ka.8.132. Moraṭa is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 536 A not specified type of palaṇḍu (see Ḍalhaṇa). Identified as *Allium wallichii* Kunth. (absent from G. Watt and WIRM) by P.V. Sharma (1997). 537 Compare kṣīradruma. 538 Compare kṣīradruma. 539 Cakra identifies it as peṭikā, adding that others regard it as kāṣṭhapaṭalā. Ḍalhaṇa says that it is the same as kāṣṭhapaṭalā, but identical with peṭikā according to others. Kāṣṭhapaṭalā and peṭikā are absent from Caraka and Suśrutasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies kāṣṭhapaṭalā as *Stereospermum personatum* (Hassk.) D. Chatterjee = *S. chelonoides* auct., A. DC. in part, and peṭikā as *Abutilon hirtum* (Lam.) Sweet. 540 The same as guñjā (see Ḍalhaṇa), found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies kubjaka as *Rosa moschata* Herrm. 541 The same as kukkuṭaśimbī; some MSS have kukkuṭī (see Ḍalhaṇa). Kukkuṭaśimbī is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare kukkuṭī. 542 A kind of vrīhi rice. 543 See Ḍalhaṇa's explanations. Parvapuṣpī of the Carakasaṃhitā (Sū.27.108) is, according to Cakra, the same plant as kukkuṭī. 544 The same as muṇḍitikā according to Cakra. Called muṇḍikā or muṇḍitikā in the vernacular according to Ḍalhaṇa. Compare bhūmikadamba. 545 The same as cakṣuṣyā (see Ḍalhaṇa), absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies kulatthikā as *Dolichos falcata* Linn., which name is absent from G. Watt and WIRM. Chopra's Glossary mentions *Dolichos falcatus* Klein. 546 Identified as khukuraṇṭaka by Cakra, as khukhuṇḍaka by Ḍalhaṇa; these names are absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Kulevara is a kind of mushroom according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 547 The same as karkaṭaśṛṅgī (see Ḍalhaṇa), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 548 An unidentified poisonous plant. 549 An unidentified poisonous plant. 550 Not explained by Ḍalhaṇa. Identified as *Jasminum multiflorum* (Burm.f.) Andr. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 551 A plant resembling cuñcu according to Ḍalhaṇa. Cuñcu is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Cakra reads kulālikā, which he explains as goṇāḍica, a plant name absent from