A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s3.t2.7

v3.c43.s3.t2.7

The *Haramekhalā* contains many interesting or rare names of plants and animals, both in its prayogas and its nighaṇṭu. Some noteworthy names of plants are: āpallī (4.252);³⁴⁵ cakrāṅkā (= sudarśanā; 1.69; 4.124);³⁴⁶ caṇḍālīkā (= rakṭakañcukā; 3.39);³⁴⁷ gomaya (5.234);³⁴⁸ gorambhā (3.9; 4.400);³⁴⁹ gṛhakumārī (4.233);³⁵⁰ jhiṇṭuka (= gopālaka; 1.105);³⁵¹ jhiṇṭuka (= gopālapīthaka; 1.65 and 68);³⁵² kacchodbhava (= guggulu; 4.189); kanakatvac (4.96);³⁵³ kandalī (3.27);³⁵⁴ kaṇṭakakarañja (5.159);³⁵⁵ karabhavāruṇī (3.63);³⁵⁶ kāravallī (4.54);³⁵⁷ kirimāla (= āragvadha; 4.148);³⁵⁸ kuḍuhuñcī (4.71);³⁵⁹ kukkuramardaka (= rāmaśitalika; 4.346);³⁶⁰ kulīśataru (= sudhā-vṛkṣa; 2.68);³⁶¹ mayālī (= potikā; 1.99);³⁶² māyāphala (4.352);³⁶³ mohanī (3.9);³⁶⁴ nihuduñcī (= sudhāvṛkṣa, 2.64);³⁶⁵ paraśucchinna(ka) (1.5; 5.271);³⁶⁶ suvarṇatvac (4.93);³⁶⁷ tāmraśithikā (= rāṅgiṭṭikā; 1.23);³⁶⁸ uṣṭravāruṇī (3.53);³⁶⁹ uttaṇṭakī (4.257);³⁷⁰ uttaraṇī (= uṣṭravāruṇī; 4.338); valla (= niṣpāva; 4.109);³⁷¹ vāluṅka (1.26 and 33);³⁷² vanadrākṣā (= goṣṭhamālikā; 4.373);³⁷³ vanakumārī (4.248);³⁷⁴ varāhakarṇī (4.84);³⁷⁵ vatsakarkaṭikā (= gopālakarkaṭikā; 4.179).³⁷⁶