A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s2.40

v3.c43.s2.40

Indicative of a date later than about 800 are the following points. Firstly, the presence of gandhaka (435), pārada (719) and abhra (720), as well as pūti and its synonym khaṭṭāsikā (794). Secondly, the occurrence of vātiṅgaṇa (360), often supposed to be of Persian origin, as a synonym of vārtākī, the eggplant, Solanum melongena Linn.³⁰²