A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s2.66

v3.c49.s2.66

The chapter on poisons mentions five mahāviṣas: saktuka, kālakūṭa, sitamusta, śṛ-ṅgī, and kṛṣṇaviṣa (181); series of viṣas from another treatise, from the Rasasāra, and from the Rasendracūḍāmaṇi are quoted (181–182). Vegetable poisons described are: saktuka, mustaka, śṛṅgī, saikata, sarṣapa, kūrma, dārvika, vatsanābha, kālakūṭa, meṣa-śṛṅgī, hālāhala, dārdura, karkoṭa, mūlaka, granthi, hāridra, raktaśṛṅgī, and pradīpana (183–192). The substances belonging to the group of upaviṣas are quoted from the Rasamketakalikā, some other treatise, and the Rasaratnasamuccaya. The author of the Rasamitra distinguishes the following upaviṣas: jayapāla, arka, dhattūra, viṣatinduka, guñjā, sehuṇḍa, lāṅgalī, karavīra, ahiphena, vijayā, and bhallātaka oil (209); these poisonous substances are described; tridhārā (210) and nilinī (237–238) are added.