A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c52.75

v3.c52.75

Vimala is of two varieties: suvarṇa- and rajatavimala, while some add a third kind, called kāmsyavimala; sasyaka is said to be the same as tuttha; kharpara is a variety of tuttha; the preparation of nāgatāmra is described (113); capala is of four varieties: gaura, śveta, aruṇa and kṛṣṇa; capala is regarded as either a mahārasa or an uparasa (116); kaṅkuṣṭha is of two varieties: nalikā- and reṇukākaṅkuṣṭha; kaṅkuṣṭha is an upadhātu of vaṅga (tin); rasaka is of two varieties: dardura and kāravellaka, but Nāgārjuna distinguishes the varieties called rasaka and kalambuka; the opinions of the authors of the Rasadarpana and Rasapaddhati are quoted on rasaka and its varieties; abhraka is of four varieties: brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra; their colours are white, red, yellow and black respectively; black abhraka is of the usual four varieties; haritāla is of two varieties: pattra- and piṇḍaharitāla, but some distinguish four varieties: piṇḍa, pattra, godanta and vakadāla; añjana is of two kinds: yāmuna and kāpota; sroto'ñjana is of two kinds too: sroto'ñjana senu stricto, which is black, and sauvīrāñjana, which is white; the Rasadarpana distinguishes five varieties of añjana: sauvīrāñjana, rasāñjana, sroto'ñjana, puṣpāñjana and nīlāñjana; kāsīsa is of three varieties: sita, śyāma and pīta; others distinguish two varieties called vāluka and puṣpavāluka; gairika is of two varieties: pāṣāṇa- and svarṇagairika, but some distinguish a third variety; hingu la is of three varieties: camāra, śukatuṇḍa and hamsapāda; ṭaṅkaṇa is of three varieties: sphaṭikābha, guḍaprabha, and pāṇḍura or nīlakaṇṭha; manaḥśilā is of two varieties: manohvā and pīvarī, or of three types called śyāmāṅgī, kavarīrikā and dvikhaṇḍa; khaṭī is of two types: khaṭī and gaurakhaṭī; vāṭikā is of three types: white, red and yellow.