A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.620

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773 A poisonous plant. 774 A poisonous plant. 775 Identical with citraka (see Ḍalhaṇa), common in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare nirdahanī. 776 The same as śara, but identified as vellantara by others (Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa ad Sū.38.12); the same as śara or as vellantara (ad U.9.20); the same as śara (ad U.40.41). Śara and arjuna are found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, but vellantara and bilvanāsikā are absent there. Kokilākṣaka is mentioned in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. Compare surasī. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies vīrataru and vellantara as Dichrostachys cinerea Wight et Arn. 777 The same as haridrā, but identified as nirviṣā by others (see Ḍalhaṇa). Haridrā is common in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, but nirviṣā is absent there. P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies nirviṣā as Delphinium denudatum Wall. 778 The same as pāṭalā (Ḍalhaṇa ad Śā.10.11) or agnīśikhavṛkṣa (ad Ci.18.48) or kāṣṭhapāṭalā (ad Ka.5.61; U.55.49) or guḍūcī (ad U.62.30). Pāṭalā and guḍūcī are mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā, but agnīśikhavṛkṣa and kāṣṭhapāṭalā are absent there. Compare kuberākṣī. 779 The same as bṛhadalambuṣā, but identified as parvatanimba by others (Cakra). The same as drekkā, known as rājanimba; identified as bṛhadalambuṣā or karkoṭī by others (Ḍalhaṇa). Compare mahānimba. Bṛhadalambuṣā and karkoṭī are absent from Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. Ḍalhaṇa (ad Su.Ka.6.3) regards karkoṭī as a synonym of gopaghoṇṭā. 780 A poisonous plant. 781 Not elucidated by Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa. P.V. Sharma (1997) regards vṛddhi as a species of Habenaria. 782 The same as kiramālaka (see Ḍalhaṇa), a synonym of āragvadha, which is common in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 783 The same as vaṃśa (see Ḍalhaṇa), often found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 784 The same as dugdhikā (see Ḍalhaṇa), mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā. 785 The same as mañjiṣṭhā (see Ḍalhaṇa), often mentioned in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 786 See the lists and references in P. Ray, H. Gupta and M. Roy (1980): 227–237; P.V. Sharma (1982b): 194–202. See also: Atrideva (1961): 27–33; P. Rāy (1956): 59–66; S.K. Śarmā (1992): I, 6–7. 787 See Su.Sū.1.32. Cf. Ca.Sū.1.70–71a. 788 Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa enumerate additional items. 789 Six kinds of salt are listed at Su.Sū.46.313: saindhava, sāmudra, viḍa, sauvarcala, romaka, and audbhida; their properties and other are described at Sū.46.314–320, where a seventh kind, guṭikāhvaya, is added; guṭikāhvaya is probably related to Caraka’s pākyalavaṇa (see Ḍalhaṇa’s remarks); it is a very hard type according to Cakra. Some more types are added at Sū.46.321: ūṣasūta (originating from the kind of soil called ūṣa or ūṣara), vālukaila (probably related to Caraka’s pāmśuja type), śailodbhava (probably related to Caraka’s agryalavaṇa), and mūlākarodbhava ( a variant reads malamūrākarodbhava). See Ḍalhaṇa’s remarks on these salts; he regards sauvarcala as identical with kālalavaṇa. Compare Ḍalhaṇa’s comments ad Sū.37.14, where he enumerates five kinds of salt: saindhava, sauvarcala, biḍa, gaḍa, and sāmudrika; he remarks that some read kālalavaṇa instead of gaḍa; kālalavaṇa is described as an odourless variety of sauvarcala.