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885 The name of various plants. Identified as Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Pers. = S. aculeata Pers. in the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa, as S. sesban Merrill by Bāpālāl Vaidya. 886 Unidentified. The same as cañcu, found in Carakasaṃhitā and Hṛdaya (P.V. Sharma, 1997). Compare the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa and T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). 887 Of disputed identity. See the commentaries. Compare the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa. 888 A synonym of citraka (Aruṇa). 889 The same as Suśruta's kaccaka (Ci.7.6). 890 See the commentaries. Cf. A.S.Sū.16.9. Identified as Physalis minima Linn. (P.V. Sharma, 1997). Regarded as guñjā in the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa. Compare Dalhaṇa ad Su.Ci.9.29. 891 See the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa. Identified as Ocimum sanctum Linn. by Bāpālāl Vaidya, as O. basilicum Linn. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 892 Regarded as kākatiktā in the Kairalī. The same as kākaṇḍolā according to the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa. Identified as Canavalia ensiformis (Linn.) DC. by Bāpālāl Vaidya (1977). Compare T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). A kind of kapikacchū (P.V. Sharma, 1997). Cf. A.S.U.44.51 (the same as kākamācī according to Indu). 893 The same as mokṣa(ka) according to the commentators. Regarded as Elaeodendron glaucum Pers. (one of the identifications of muṣkaka = moṣkaka) by Bāpālāl Vaidya (1977) and P.V. Sharma (1997). 894 The same as vibhītaka. 895 See the commentaries. The same as kuṭaja or its seeds (indrayava) (P.V. Sharma, 1997). Regarded as Citrullus colocynthis (Linn.) Schrad. = C. vulgaris Schrad. in the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa and by Bāpālāl Vaidya (1977). 896 This may be the same as Suśruta's gilodya. Compare the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa. 897 The same as kākamācī according to Aruṇa. The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa, Bāpālāl Vaidya (1977), and T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972) agree. 898 Pippalī and gajapippalī. 899 The same as pippalīmūla. 900 The same as kapikacchū. Cf. A.S.Sū.16.2; Ci.8.47; U.50.35. 901 The same as (gandha)priyaṅgu according to the commentators. The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa, Bāpālāl Vaidya (1977), and T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972) agree. The name of various plants (P.V. Sharma, 1997). Cf. A.S.U.28.29. 902 Of disputed identity. Cf. A.S.Sū.16.22. 903 The same as kāsamarda (Indu ad A.S.Ci.4.58). 904 The same as kuṅkuma. 905 Identified as Cymbopogon citratus Stapf, C. martini (Roxb.) Wats., or C. schoenanthus Spreng. by Bāpālāl Vaidya (1977), as C. jwarancusa Schult. by P.V. Sharma (1997). A Cymbopogon species according to T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). 906 The same as marica (Indu). 907 Of uncertain identity. The Kairalī gives lambā as a synonym. The same as kaṅkuṣṭha (P.V. Sharma, 1997). Identified as kaṭukālābu in the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa. Compare Indu ad A.S. U.4.20 and 6.29 (lambā = kaṭukālābunī). See also T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). 908 Identified as the fruit of alābu in the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa. Regarded as some cucurbitaceous fruit by Bāpālāl Vaidya (1977) and T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). 909 A resinous or gummy exudate (Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayakoṣa). Cf. A.S.Sū.16.35. The same as kunduru according to P.V. Sharma (1997). Regarded as Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merrill = L. grandis Engl. by Bāpālāl Vaidya (1977). See on the interpretation of khapura: R.E. Emmerick (1971b): 368.