A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s2.6

v3.c49.s2.6

The lists of plants used in alchemical operations are quoted from several sources. Some lists are from the Rasārṇava (I.3.12cd–22 and 38cd–43), 34 Rasasāra (I.3.34–36 35 and 3.124–138), 36 and Rasendracūḍāmaṇi (I.3.54–123). 37 A list, quoted from an unknown source, enumerates the following plants called mūlikā: ādityabhaktā, aṅkulī, apāmārga, avākpuṣpī, bhārṅgī, bhekaparṇī, candravallī, citraka, devadālī, eraṇḍa, gavākṣikā, goḍumbā, 38 gopālakarkaṭī, halinī, harikrāntā, indrā, kāṇḍavallī, karkoṭī, kokamā, kṣīrakandaka, kuḍahāṇī, kuṭṭāra, mūṣakakarṇī, nākulī, punarnavā, rudantī, śaṅkā, śaṅkhapuṣpikā, śarapuṅkhā, śikhīśikhā, snuhī, tridhārā, 39 tridhāraka, ūrdhvapuṅkhikā, vajrakanda, and vajrī (I.3.7cd–12ab). 40