A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s1.5

v3.c48.s1.5

Divine plants (divyamūlikā), employed in the cāraṇa of mica (abhraka) are: agnidhamanī, bṛhatī, ciñcikā, haṃsapādī, indravāruṇī, karkoṭī, khaṇḍajārī, kumārī, lāṅgalī, maṇḍūkī, puṅkhā, rambhā, śaṅkhapuṣpī, sarpākṣī, vajrī, and vyāghrapādikā (I.4.154cd–156). Four bījas are said to be important: hema-, tāra-, nāga- and vaṅgabīja (I.4.250cd–254ab); a fifth type described is tāmrabīja (I.4.318cd–320).