A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.30

v3.c43.30

Special features Candranandana distinguishes rather frequently more than one type of a drug mentioned as a single entity by Vāgbhaṭa; sometimes he adds items to a group. Examples are: the sthalaja and jalaja varieties of madhuka (1.3); nimba and mahānimba (1.7–8); a second type of viśālā (1.12–13); two varieties of vidula (1.26–27);⁸⁷ dantī is added to dahana (1.31); two types of elā (1.63–64); hareṇu is added to elā (1.66–67); sarṣapa and raktasarṣapa (1.68–69); two types of kumbha (= trivṛt; 2.1–2); two types of lodhra (2.19–20); three types of śīgru (4.19–21); madhūla is added to madhūka (4.23–24); three types of dūrvā (6.1–3); dhanvayāsa is added to anantā (6.5–6); śvetakāmboji⁸⁸ is added to śvetapākī (6.16–17); two types of vidārī (8.1–2), of pañcāngula (8.4–5), of vṛścīva = varṣābhū (8.11–12), and of gopasutā (= śārivā; 8.18–19); lāmajjaka is added to uśīra