A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.619

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751 The same as yodhāmallī (Ḍalhaṇa ad Ci.6.12) or uttamakaraṇī (ad Ci.10.8), two names which are absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Indu (ad A.S.Ci.21.20) regards uttamakaraṇī as another name for karambha. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies uttamāraṇī (= karambha) as Pergularia daemia (Forsk.) Chiov. 752 Usually a synonym of agni = citraka, but identified as ajamodā by Ḍalhaṇa ad U.52.35. 753 The same as jayantī (Cakra). Identified as agnimantha or as araṇikā, a synonym of agnimantha (Ḍalhaṇa); agnimantha is often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, araṇikā and jayantī are absent from them. Jayantī is variously identified. 754 A poisonous plant. 755 A synonym of aśvagandhā, frequently mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 756 The same as vajrakanda, but identified as snuhī by others (see Ḍalhaṇa). Snuhī is found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, but vajrakanda (variously identified) is absent there. 757 Ḍalhaṇa calls it the second type of sehuṇḍa. The latter is a synonym of snuhī (see Ḍalhaṇa ad Su.Ci.9.54). Compare vajravṛkṣa. 758 Identical with snuhī (Cakra), mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. The same as sehuṇḍa according to Ḍalhaṇa. Compare vajrākhya. 759 A synonym of tagara (see Ḍalhaṇa), often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 760 The same as dhānyamudga (Cakra). The same as kṛṣṇamudga, commonly known as mudgikā (Ḍalhaṇa); mudgikā is another name of vanamudga (Ḍalhaṇa ad Su.Sū.46.27). 761 Not explained by Ḍalhaṇa. Identified as Dendrophthoe falcata (Linn.f.) Ettingshausen = Loranthus longiflorus Desr. by P.V. Sharma (1997). Compare saṃharṣā and vṛkṣaruhā of the Carakasaṃhitā. 762 Not explained by Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa. Identified as Cassia absus Linn. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 763 A poisonous plant. 764 Called vanatullaka in the vernacular (Cakra). Called bakāluka in the vernacular (Ḍalhaṇa). Compare śūkarī of the Carakasaṃhitā. 765 The same as gṛṣṭikākānda according to Ḍalhaṇa, who remarks that some read vārāhī instead of varāhakanda at Sū.46.309. Gṛṣṭikākānda is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā; Indu (ad A.S.Ci.21.12) regards gṛṣṭi as a synonym of vārāhī. Compare śūkarī of the Carakasaṃhitā. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies vārāhī as Dioscorea bulbifera Linn. 766 The same as ṭaṅkavāstuka (see Ḍalhaṇa), a name absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Ḍalhaṇa (ad Sū.20.5 and 46.256) regards vāstuka as ṭaṅkavāstuka, while cillī is called kṣetravāstuka. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies ṭaṅkavāstuka as Chenopodium murale Linn. 767 A synonym of musta. Compare abda. 768 The same as rocanikā, but identified as karṇikāra by others (see Ḍalhaṇa). Rocanikā is absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā; Ḍalhaṇa (ad Sū.Sū.38.29 and Ci.4.27) mentions rocanikā as a synonym of kampillaka, which name occurs in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Karṇikāra, a synonym of āragvadha, is found in the Carakasaṃhitā. 769 The group beginning with bhadradāru is meant, but others identify vātaghna as śobhāñjanaka (see Ḍalhaṇa). Bhadradāru (= devadāru) and śobhāñjanaka are found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 770 The same as jalagaṇḍīra (Cakra). Compare avaguttha and śataparvaka. 771 A poisonous plant. 772 Vaṃśa leaves are meant according to Ḍalhaṇa, who adds that others identify it as the leaves of some other plant resembling vaṃśa. P.V. Sharma (1997) regards veṇupattrikā as identical with hiṅupattrī, found in the Carakasaṃhitā.