A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.616

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682 The red variety of śobhāñjana (= śigru) (see Ḍalhaṇa), also called muraṅgī (Ḍalhaṇa ad Sū.39.6). The two types of śigru are mentioned at Sū.Ka.5.73. The red śigru is the same as madhuśigru (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 683 The same as bṛhatkaṇṭakārikā (see Ḍalhaṇa), a name absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare the two kinds of bṛhatī (Sū.U.40.41). 684 Identical with nirguṇḍī (see Ḍalhaṇa), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 685 The same as sukhaseka (Cakra). The same as suvāsaka, a kind of trapusa, but identical with karbura according to others (Ḍalhaṇa). Trapusa is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, but karbura (MW: a Curcuma species) is absent there. 686 A type of śāli rice. 687 The same as śvetakarṇikāra (see Ḍalhaṇa). Karṇikāra is found in the Carakasaṃhitā. 688 Not explained by Cakra. The same as rāvaṇāmlikā, but identified as kāśmīrāmlikā by others (Ḍalhaṇa); these names are absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies rāvaṇāmlikā as Adansonia digitata Linn., the baobab, native to tropical Africa. 689 Probably the same as śvetasārivā. The two sārivās are mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 690 Sindhuvāra(ka) and -vārikā are found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 691 The same as karpūra, but identified as śamī by others (Cakra). The same as karpūra or a kind of śatapuṣpā; a kind of śatapuṣpā, or identical with gavedhukā or with śamī according to others (Ḍalhaṇa). Śatapuṣpā, gavedhukā and śamī are mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 692 The same as śvetapunarṇavā, but identical with śephālikā according to others (see Ḍalhaṇa). These two plant names occur in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies śvetapunarṇavā as Boerhaavia verticillata Poir. = B. repanda Roxb. (absent from WIRM). 693 The same as guḍūcī, but identical with somalatā according to others (see Ḍalhaṇa). Guḍūcī is frequent in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, but somalatā is absent there. Somā is the same as somavallī, found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, according to P.V. Sharma, who identifies this plant as Sarcostemma acidum Voigt = S. brevistigma Wight et Arn. 694 Not elucidated by Ḍalhaṇa. 695 The same as pṛṇiparṇī or a variety of this plant (see Ḍalhaṇa). Pṛṇiparṇī is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 696 The same as sarjarasa, also called navanītakhoṭī (see Ḍalhaṇa). Sarjarasa is common in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 697 The same as saralaniryāsa (see Ḍalhaṇa), common in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 698 The same as grāmyakaṇḍa (unidentified) according to Ḍalhaṇa. 699 A kind of sugarcane. 700 A poisonous plant. 701 A small kind of fragrant grass (gandhaṭṛṇa) according to Cakra (ad Sū.46.221). A kind of śāli rice (Ḍalhaṇa ad Sū.20.5; Sū.46.4); the same as droṇapuṣpa, but bṛhatsugandhaṭṛṇa according to others (ad Sū.38.18); a fragrant grass (ad Sū.46.221). Droṇapuṣpa and (su)gandhaṭṛṇa are absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Droṇapuṣpa is Leucas cephalotes Spreng., gandhaṭṛṇa is the same as kaṭṭṛṇa, identified as Cymbopogon jwarancusa Schult., according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 702 The same as sarpa(su)gandhā, also called nākulī (see Ḍalhaṇa).