A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.614

v2.c33.614

625 Not explained by Dalhaṇa. A bitter variety of paṭola according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 626 A kind of sugarcane. Compare Caraka’s puṇḍraka. 627 A fruit from the North according to Cakra and Dalhaṇa. Possibly the fruit of a species of Prunus according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 628 The same as karīra, but the fruit of kārpāsa according to others (see Dalhaṇa). Karīra and kārpāsa are mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Picuka is identified as Abelmoschus crinitus Wall. = Hibiscus cancellatus Roxb. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 629 The same as aśvattha (see Dalhaṇa ad Sū.38.48), mentioned in Caraka and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 630 A type of śaṣṭika rice. 631 The same as matsyākṣaka, but identified as kākajaṅghā by others (see Dalhaṇa). Matsyākṣaka is mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, kākajaṅghā in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare prācībala. 632 The same as matsyākṣaka, but identified by others as nadīpippalikā or kākajaṅghā (Cakra). The same as matsyākṣaka, but identified as kākajaṅghā in the South (ad Sū.38.24 and 45); Compare prācībala. Nadīpippalī is absent from the Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 633 A poisonous plant. Prapauṇḍarīka is common in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 634 A variety of śāli rice. 635 Known under this name (Cakra). The same as nāgakeśara (Dalhaṇa ad Sū.6.23); also identified as suraparṇikā, known as surapati and suraṅgī in the South (ad Sū.38.24 and 45); the same as tuṅga (ad Sū.38.45; Ka.2.47) and devavallabha (ad U.47.61). Nāgakeśara and tuṅga are found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, devavallabha is absent there. Punnāga is identified as Calophyllum inophyllum Linn., suraparṇikā = surapunnāga = suraṅgī as Mammea longifolia Planch. et Triana (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 636 The same as padmabījā, but identified as annāśikā by others (Cakra). Called āmoda in the North according to Dalhaṇa. Āmoda is Curcuma amada Roxb. according to P.V. Sharma (1997). Annāśikā remains unidentified. 637 A type of śāli rice. 638 The same as kūṣmāṇḍa (Cakra and Dalhaṇa), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 639 See Dalhaṇa’s description. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies this plant as Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. 640 The same as dravantī (see Dalhaṇa, who describes the plant). Cakra reads pratyakśreṇī, identified as a kind of dantī. Dantī and dravantī are found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Pratyakśreṇī is the same as ākhukarṇī = dravantī according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 641 The same as girimālaka (= āragvadha) (see Dalhaṇa). Compare narādhipa. 642 The same as āragvadha (see Dalhaṇa). Compare narādhipa. 643 Well known according to Dalhaṇa. Identical with āsurī (see Dalhaṇa ad Sū.46.238–239ab) and mṛṣṭaka (see Cakra ad Ca.Sū.27.170) of the Carakasaṃhitā. 644 Identical with mañjiṣṭhā (see Dalhaṇa), often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 645 One of the varieties of āluka. 646 Not explained by Dalhaṇa. The same as raktacandana according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 647 One of the varieties of sarṣapa. 648 Not explained by Cakra. The same as raktacandana (Dalhaṇa), found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. The same as rohitaka, found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 649 Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. = N. rubra Roxb. ex Salisb. according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 650 Identical with hiṅgu (see Dalhaṇa), often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā.