A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.617

v2.c33.617

703 The same as utpalasārivā (see Ḍalhaṇa ad Ci.17.8 and 28) and sarpagandhikā or sarpasugandhā (ad Ka.5.69; 6.15). Utpalasārivā and sarpa(su)gandhā are mentioned in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 704 The same as carmakāravaṭa (see Ḍalhaṇa). Śukāhvayā is identical with śukanāsā, carmakāravaṭa is the same as carmavṛkṣa according to P.V. Sharma (1997). Compare śukākhyā. 705 The same as granthiparṇa (see Ḍalhaṇa ad Ci.18.36), which is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Probably the same as śukanāsā at Sū.Ci.19.65. 706 The same as carmakāravaṭa, but identical with śukaśimbā according to others (see Ḍalhaṇa). These two plant names are absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare śukāhvayā. 707 The same as carmakāravaṭa (see Ḍalhaṇa). Compare śukanāsā. 708 The same as śirīṣa, but some climbing plant according to others (Cakra ad Sū.42.11). The same as śyonāka (Ḍalhaṇa ad Sū.42.11) or carmakāravaṭa (ad Ci.1.115; see Ḍalhaṇa’s remarks). Śirīṣa and śyonāka are names found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies śukanāsā as Corallocarpus epigaeus Benth. ex Hook.f. 709 The synonym sītamārika is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 710 The same as surāhva (= devadāru), but identical with indravāruṇī according to others (see Ḍalhaṇa). Devadāru and indravāruṇī are found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 711 The same as devadāru (see Ḍalhaṇa). Compare amaradruma. 712 The same as devadāru. Compare amarakāṣṭha. 713 The same as vanakaṇḍa (absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā) according to Cakra. Known under this name according to Ḍalhaṇa. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies sūraṇa as Amorphophallus campanulatus Blume ex Decne. 714 The same as kapitthapattrikā, but identical with śvetasindhuvāra according to others (Cakra ad Sū.38.18). Known as bilvanāst in the vernacular, but the same as śvetanirguṇḍī according to others (Ḍalhaṇa ad Sū.38.18); the same as tulasī (ad Ka.5.70). Śvetanirguṇḍī is the same as sitasindhuvāra. Kapitthapattrikā and tulasī are absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies kapitthapattrikā as Hesperethusa crenulata (Roxb.) M. Roem. = Limonia crenulata Roxb. Compare on bilvanāst: vīrataru. 715 Not explained by Cakra. The same as vajrakaṇḍa (Ḍalhaṇa), absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 716 Identical with arkapuṣpī (Cakra ad Sū.45.120). The same as arkapuṣpī, but identified as a variety of sūryāvarta by others (Ḍalhaṇa ad Sū.45.120); a (climbing) plant resembling paṭola (ad Ci.31.5; Ka.2.45). Arkapuṣpī and paṭola are mentioned in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. Sūryāvarta, absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, is the same as tilaparṇī, present in both treatises, according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 717 Not explained by Ḍalhaṇa. The same as candana according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 718 Not explained by Ḍalhaṇa. Dūrvā is frequent in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 719 The same as trapusa (see Ḍalhaṇa), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 720 Compare mokṣaka. 721 A kind of sugarcane. 722 Two kinds of punarṇavā are mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā and Suśrutasaṃhitā (Ka.2.46: with white and with yellow flowers). Compare śivāṭī. 723 The synonym gaurasarṣapa is found in the Carakasaṃhitā (Ci.8.178). Ḍalhaṇa regards rājasarṣapa as identical with śvetasarṣapa (ad Sū.16.19). 724 The types of surasā with white (śveta) and dark (kṛṣṇa) flowers are called tulasī according to Ḍalhaṇa. Surasa and surasā are often found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā.