A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s8.19

v3.c48.s8.19

The five (major) poisonous substances are: śaktuka, kṛṣṇa, śṛṅgika, mustaka and vatsanābha (60cd–64ab). The five upaviṣas are: snuhī, arka, karavīra, lāṅgalī and viṣamuṣṭika (64cd–65a). Oils used in alchemical operations are extracted from the plants called jyotiṣmatī, naktamāla, rubuka (= eraṇḍa), āruṣkara, akṣa, aṅkola, palāśa, bākucī, apāmārga, and unmatta (65b–66). The fatty substances (vasā; 67–68ab), urines (68cd), kinds of semen and menstrual discharge (bīja, puṣpa; 69ab) used are enumerated. A pittavarga and viḍvarga are absent.²⁵