A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c37.80

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741 A kind of ikṣu, also called karambhaśālī (Indu). Compare the ikṣuvālikā of Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 742 Indu's remarks are confusing. Identified as *Hesperethusa crenulata* (Roxb.) M. Roem. = *Limonia crenulata* Roxb. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 743 A kind of darbha (Indu). 744 Not explained by Indu. 745 The same as āsphota = arka according to Indu. 746 The same as śimśapā (Indu). 747 The same as tulasī according to Indu ad U.40.89. Identical with śivamallikā (= buka) according to P.V. Sharma (1997), who regards it as *Osmanthus fragrans* Lour. 748 A tree well known in the South (Indu). 749 Indu gives a series of synonyms and regards it as an aruṇavacā. 750 Regarded as a synonym of gandhamāṃsī (Indu), identified as *Selinum vaginatum* C.B. Clarke (K.V. Billore and M.R. Uniyal, 1974). Compare Dalhaṇa ad Su.U.60.47 (jaṭā = gandhamāṃsī). See also P.V. Sharma (1997). 751 The same as sairyaka (occurring in the Hṛdaya) according to Indu. 752 See Indu's list of synonyms. 753 The same as guhā (Indu). 754 Left unexplained by Indu. 755 Siṃhavallikā is a synonym of vāsā (found in the Bṛhattrayī) in the *Kaiyadevanighaṇṭu* (1. 12). 756 The same as kākatiktā (Indu). Kākatiktā is mentioned once in the Hṛdaya (Sū.15.17). 757 The same as kākatinduka (Indu). Kākatindu is identified as *Diospyros montana* Roxb. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 758 The same as lajjālukā, well known among the Dākṣiṇātyas (Indu). Lajjālu, a name absent from the Bṛhattrayī, designates *Mimosa pudica* Linn. 759 See Indu's synonyms. Mentioned once in the Hṛdaya (Sū.15.4); Aruṇa remarks that it is the best kind of sarjarasa (common in the Bṛhattrayī). 760 The same as uttamakāriṇī according to Indu. Absent from the Hṛdaya, but found in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 761 The same as madana (common in the Bṛhattrayī) according to Indu. 762 Indu: the same as viśālā. 763 Indu: = indravāruṇī. 764 Indu gives tālī and tālaparṇī as synonyms. The latter is identified as *Curculigo orchioides* Gaertn. by P.V. Sharma (1997). See for some more noteworthy names of plants: P.V. Sharma (1997). 765 Carakasaṃhitā, Bhelasaṃhitā, Suśrutasaṃhitā without the Uttaratantra, Kāśyapasaṃhitā without the Khilasthāna. See P.V. Sharma (1968): 77. 766 P.V. Sharma (1968): 79. 767 P.V. Sharma (1968): 79. 768 P.V. Sharma (1968): 79–80. 769 AVI 173. P.V. Sharma (1968): 80. Gṛñjanaka is, however, not unknown to the Saṃgraha (see Ci.6.57). 770 Cf. A.s.U.22.20 (kuśāmra). 771 P.V. Sharma (1968): 80. 772 AVI 173. P.V. Sharma (1968): 26, 80.