A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s29.32

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v3.c43.s29.32

Local names of medicinal plants found in it are: bariārā (ad 85; = balā), bhelā (ad 63; = bhallāṭakabīja), boḍatharī (ad 111; = stabdha), boḍī kahlārī (ad 34; = stabdhā = śrāvaṇikā = muṇḍī), gojibhī (ad 78; = nāginī = govatsā),⁹⁹⁰ iṅguvā (ad 26; = iṅguḍī),⁹⁹¹ jeṭhīmadhu (ad 85; = madhuyaṣṭi), kakahī (ad 59; = hrībīja = bālakabīja),⁹⁹² kākahī (ad 85; = atibalā),⁹⁹³ karihārī (ad 12 and 23; = halinī = lāṅgalī),⁹⁹⁴ thohari (ad 76 and 100; = vajrī = snuhī).⁹⁹⁵ Other words of local origin are: suramā and rasavatā (ad 23 and 29; = sroto'ñjana), aṇasalā, the word for bhūnāga (an earthworm) in Saurāṣṭra, and kecuvā, the word used for that animal in Kānyakubja. As most of these words are said to be current in Gujarāt, the commentator may have resided in that region for a long time.⁹⁹⁶