A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s2.33

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v3.c43.s2.33

Special features Many rare words are found in Mādhava’s Ratnamālā. The group of medicinal plants called aṣṭavarga is mentioned (3.43–44).²⁵² Unusual names of plants are: āśita(ka) (651);²⁵³ aśokarohiṇī (352);²⁵⁴ aṣṭapādikā (311);²⁵⁵ asthisamhāra (389);²⁵⁶ cela (712);²⁵⁷ coraṣuṇṭhī (295);²⁵⁸ dhustūraka (405);²⁵⁹ hastikarṇadala (= hastikarṇapalāśa; 100);²⁶⁰ hilamocikā (374);²⁶¹ jūrṇā (697);²⁶² kapāṭacakra (416);²⁶³ kāśmīraja as a synonym of kuṅkuma (264);²⁶⁴ kulatthikā (= vanakulattha; 420);²⁶⁵ kumbhāṭa (654);²⁶⁶ madhukukkuṭī (152);²⁶⁷ pītamudga (694);²⁶⁸ poṭagala (463);²⁶⁹ ṛkṣagandhā (= sarpagandhā; 470);²⁷⁰ sarpākṣī (386);²⁷¹ sudarśanā (363);²⁷² timiraka (= nakharāñjaka; 308);²⁷³ uccaṭā (395).²⁷⁴