A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.342

v3.c46.342

Some series of synonyms show that Cakrapāṇidatta's identifications of a number of medicinal plants deviate from those of other medical lexica. Some of the names of prasāraṇī (1.279) prove that he had the plant Paederia foetida Linn. in mind; ³⁵⁶ śrīhastinī, often regarded as a synonym of kuruṇṭikā, ³⁵⁷ is regarded as identical with hastiśuṇḍā. ³⁵⁸ Confusion is created in some cases by mentioning one and the same name for different plants: pṛśniparṇī is, for example, the name of a particular plant (1.140–142), as well as a synonym of śalaparṇī (1.188cd–189ab).