A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.618

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725 Avalguja is mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 726 The same as aṅkoṭha (see Ḍalhaṇa), occurring in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 727 Identical with tālamūlī (Cakra). The same as muśalī, muśalī or muśalī, but identified as kanakakṣīrī, also called kaṅkuṣṭha, by others (Ḍalhaṇa). Muśalī and related names are absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, but Ḍalhaṇa gives muśalī as a synonym of tālamūlikā (ad Ci.7.18). P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies muśalī as Asparagus ascendens Roxb. Tālamūlī and kanakakṣīrī occur in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare tālitāla. 728 The same as muśalī according to Ḍalhaṇa. Compare tālapattrī. 729 The same as rāmataruṇī, but identified as mañjiṣṭhā by others (see Ḍalhaṇa). Rāmataruṇī (identified as Rosa alba Linn. by Hilgenberg and Kirfel) is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Mañjiṣṭhā is common in both saṃhitās. 730 Identical with putrañjīvaka (Cakra). The same as iṅguda, but identified as putrañjīvaka by others (Ḍalhaṇa). Iṅguda is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, putrañjīvaka in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 731 A kind of sugarcane. 732 The same as coraka (see Ḍalhaṇa), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 733 The same as śobhāñjanaka (see Ḍalhaṇa), found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 734 The related kaṭukālābu is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare tiktekṣvāku of the Carakasaṃhitā, which is the same as tiktālābu according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 735 The same as nakharāgipattra, commonly known as tivariyā, according to Ḍalhaṇa. Nakharāgipattra is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā; it is probably identical with nakharāñjaka, identified as Lawsonia inermis Linn. = L. alba Lam. (AVI 352). P.V. Sharma (1997) regards timira as identical with nṛttakauṇḍaka. 736 The same as bālaka (see Ḍalhaṇa), found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 737 Not elucidated by Cakra. A small kind of pulse (Ḍalhaṇa). Identified as Lathyrus sativus Linn. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 738 A synonym of triphalā and other groups of three drugs (see Ḍalhaṇa). 739 The group consisting of tvac, pattra and elā (Cakra). The same as trijāta(ka) (Ḍalhaṇa), found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 740 The same as vanakārpāsī (see Ḍalhaṇa), found in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare tuṇḍikerī. 741 The same as vanakārpāsī (see Gayadāsa and Ḍalhaṇa). Compare tuṇḍikera. 742 A synonym of aśvagandhā (see Ḍalhaṇa), a plant name often found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 743 Mentioned once only in the Carakasaṃhitā (Ci.30.124). Identified as Hydnocarpus laurifolia (Dennst.) Sleumer by P.V. Sharma (1997). 744 The same as vaṃśa (Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 745 A type of vrīhi rice. 746 The large kāṣṭhodumbarikā according to Ḍalhaṇa. This tree is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Cakra (ad Ca.Ci.10.19) regards it as identical with phalgu. 747 Identified as vacā in most cases, sometimes as ajamodā by Ḍalhaṇa. Both plant names are common in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 748 The same as mūṣīkaparṇī, but identified as dantī by others (Cakra). The same as mūṣīkaparṇikā, but identified as dravantī or dantīnī by others (Ḍalhaṇa). Mūṣīkaparṇikā, dantī and dravantī occur in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, but dantīnī is absent there. 749 A synonym of dhattūra(ka) (see Ḍalhaṇa), found in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 750 Not explained by Ḍalhaṇa ad Sū.16.60. Ḍalhaṇa gives utpalasārivā as another name of anantā (ad Sū.16.19), a plant name found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā.