A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.612

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577 A synonym of candana. 578 Not explained by Cakra. A well-known plant according to Daḷhaṇa. Compare modayantī. Mallikā is Jasminum sambac (Linn.) Ait. according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 579 See Daḷhaṇa’s explanation. P.V. Sharma identifies māṇaka as Alocasia indica (Roxb.) Schott. 580 The same as āli (see Daḷhaṇa), a name absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare ādārī. 581 Identical with brāhmī (see Daḷhaṇa), also called maṇḍūkaparṇī, names often found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 582 Lentils of a pale colour according to Daḷhaṇa. 583 The same as bījapūraka, but identical with madhukarkaṭī according to others (Daḷhaṇa). Bījapūraka is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, but madhukarkaṭī is absent there. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies madhukarkaṭī as Citrus grandis (Linn.) Osbeck = C. maxima (Burm.) Merrill, the pummelo. 584 An abbreviation of mesaśṛṅga or mesaśṛṅgī, a plant found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 585 The same as mesaśṛṅgī. Compare meṣa. 586 Not explained by Daḷhaṇa. The same as śatapuṣpā, mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, according to T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). 587 A synonym of śālmalī (see Daḷhaṇa), found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 588 The same as mallikā according to Daḷhaṇa. 589 The same as vaṭapattrikā (see Daḷhaṇa), a name absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 590 The same as putrañjīvī, but identical with avākpuṣpī according to others (see Daḷhaṇa). Putrañjīvaka is found in the Suśruta-, avākpuṣpī in the Carakasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) regards mohanikā as identical with mohanavallikā. 591 The same as muṣkaka, found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare śvetamoṣaka. 592 The same as indravāruṇī (see Daḷhaṇa), found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare mṛgādani and mṛgairvāru. 593 A synonym of indravāruṇī (see Daḷhaṇa). Compare mṛgabhojinī and mṛgairvāru. 594 The same as gorakṣakarkaṭī (Cakra), a plant name absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. A synonym of indravāruṇī (Daḷhaṇa). Compare mṛgabhojinī and mṛgādani. 595 The same as kaṇṭakīmadana or, according to others, mucukunda (see Daḷhaṇa). These plant names are absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies mucukunda as Pterospermum acerifolium Willd. 596 A poisonous plant, different from the medicinal plant of the same name. 597 Not elucidated by Daḷhaṇa. Identified as Saccharum bengalense Retz. = S. munja Roxb. (see WIRM IX, 98). 598 The same as śobhāñjanaka (Cakra). A variety of śobhāñjana (Daḷhaṇa), two names for a tree found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare muruṅgī and simha. 599 Compare muruṅgī. The same as madhuśīgru, identified as Moringa concanensis Nimmo, according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 600 Daḷhaṇa quotes a description of this plant by Uśanas. 601 Identical with jalajambū (see Daḷhaṇa), a plant name absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Nādeyī is the same as tarkārī, found in the Carakasaṃhitā, according to P.V. Sharma (1997), who regards jalajambū as identical with pracībala. 602 Identified as bhojanaka by Cakra; this plant name is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Daḷhaṇa also reads nadībhallātaka at U.34.3, where the text of the edition has