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223 Compare Ca.Sū.11, containing a discussion among a group of sages on the same subject. 224 Cf. Ca.Sū.7. 225 Cf. Ca.Ci.28.66 and 73; 29.11. 226 Mentioned as a vikāra, not as a symptom. 227 Said to be caused by a disorder of the blood. 228 Compare Ca.Ci.29.11, where it is a synonym of vātarakta; see also Ca.Sū.20.11 and Ci. 28.73. It differs from ādhyavāta in the Bhelasaṃhitā (compare Ca.Ci.28.73). 229 Probably the same as pravāhikā. 230 Blisters caused by sunburn. 231 Said to be caused by a disorder of the rasa. 232 See the notes to edition c, which give parallel versions from other medical works. 233 Equated with snuhī in ed. c. The same as āmaṇḍa = eraṇḍa according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 234 Vanapippalī, a synonym of āraṇyapippalī, is identified as Piper sylvaticum Roxb. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1300). 235 A large type of kāṣṭhodumbarikā according to P.V. Sharma (1997). Identified as Ficus hispida Linn.f. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1220). 236 The same as caṇakasāha according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 237 Identified as prasāriṇī in ed. c. The same as somavallī = guḍūcī according to P.V. Sharma (1997). Identified as Paederia foetida Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1220). 238 Equated with pippalīmūla in ed. c. 239 The same as indravāruṇī according to P.V. Sharma (1997). Compare M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 414: = indravāruṇī, Nr. 523: Cucumis melo Linn., var. melo; Nr. 1139: Mukia maderaspatana (Linn.) Cogn. 240 Mentioned in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Ci.19.63;

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U.44.19). 241 Probably the same as kālamālaka of the Carakasaṃhitā. 242 Equated with turuṣka in ed. c. Also regarded as identical with kampillaka (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1060). 243 Identified as barbara in ed. c. 244 Identified as agnimantha in ed. c. 245 Equated with śamī by P.V. Sharma (1997) and in ed. c. 246 Kūlaka is a synonym of paṭola (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 1642 and 1643). 247 Identified as śvetārjuna in ed. c. Compare M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 411: Cissus quadrangularis Linn. 248 Kurūṭaka is identified as Pergularia daemia (Forsk.) Chiov. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1253). 249 Mentioned in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Sū.38.22). 250 Ed c: the same as mādhavilatā or śvetālābu. Mādhavī(latā) is identified as Hiptage benghalensis (Linn.) Kurz (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 875). 251 Regarded as identical with śālmalī in ed. c. The same as jiṅgiṇī according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 252 Nikocaka is mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā, etc. 253 The same as bhūkadamba according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 254 Mentioned several times in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (see, e.g., Sū.11.11). 255 An unidentified fruit, called puṣkaravatī, is mentioned in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Sū.46.163). 256 Regarded as gandhamāṃsī in ed. c. The same as harītakī or a variety of it according to P.V. Sharma (1997). It may be preferable to read pūtanākeśī instead of pūtanā and keśī; pūtanākeśī is a plant found in the Carakasaṃhitā. 257 Regarded as nārikela in ed. c.

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258 The same as urubūka of the Carakasaṃhitā. 259 Regarded as gandhatṛṇa (Ci.15.22) and yavāsa or spṛkkā (Ci.27) in ed. c. Compare the identifications of samudrāntā: M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 77: Alhagi pseudalhagi (Bieb.) Desv. (also called yavāsa); Nr. 724: Fagonia cretica Linn. (also called dhanvayavāsa); Nr. 819: Gossypium herbaceum Linn.; Nr. 1630: Tragia involucrata Linn. (also called durālabhā). 260 Undoubtedly the same as śukanāsā. 261 Mentioned in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (see, e.g., Sū.42.11; Ci.1.115). 262 Identical with śūkarī of the Carakasaṃhitā. 263 Regarded as identical with śātalā in ed. c. The same as lāṅgalī according to P.V. Sharma (1997). Kanakapuṣī, which may be a synonym of suvarṇapuṣī, is found in the Carakasaṃhitā. 264 Mentioned once in the Carakasaṃhitā (Vi.8.135). 265 Identified as Illicium verum Hook.f. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 266 Equated with aśvagandhā by P.V. Sharma and in ed. c. 267 Identified as spṛkkā in ed. c. 268 Chattrāka usually designates a mushroom. 269 Compare on special features of the Bhelasaṃhitā: ABI 177–180; AVI 125–130; Hemarājaśarman 53–56; R.S. Singh’s Intr. to ed. c, 7–12; G. Śukla’s upodghāta to ed. b, 7–8; P.V. Tewari (1992): 437. 270 Intr. to ed. c, 7–8. R.S. Singh points in particular to the use of the plants called rohitaka and śukanāsā, common in Western India.

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He also mentions that a group of brāhmaṇas, who inhabit the Śekhāvaṭī area in Rājasthān and count many reputed vaidyas among their members, still have the surname Bheḍā. 271 See on Gandhāra: N.N. Bhattacharyya (1991); E. Brucker (1980); A. Cunningham (1871): 47–49; N. Dey (1979); Dowson; A. Foucher (1901), (1913); K. Karttunen (1989), (1997); B.C. Law (1984); A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967); M.R. Singh (1972): 136–139; U.P. Thapliyal (1979): 19–20; Vettam Mani. 272 Gulabkunverba I, 119. HIM III, 528 and 541. S.V. Sharma (1963). G.P. Srivastava (1954): 34. 273 Aruṇadatta’s quotation ad A.H.Śa.5.30–32 = Bhela I.7.6; Hemādri ad A.H.Sū.7.73 = Bhela Sū.7.7cd–9; ad Sū.8.28 = Ci.10.44. 274 Yogaratnasamuccaya 2, svedavidhi 2cd–3ab is related to Bhela Sū.32.32cd; 2, vanamavirecanavidhi 26–27ab = Bhela Si.1.20cd–21; 6.28–30 = Bhela Sū.5.7, 9 and 8; 14.410–411ab = Bhela Ci.10.63cd–64; 15.51cd = Bhela Ci.12.1ab; 16.494cd is related to Bhela Si.5.30cd; 16¹.633–641 = Bhela Ci.25.1–8, with the exception of 16¹.635, absent from the Bhelasaṃhitā; 16¹.657–661 is undoubtedly a lost part of the same chapter, which is an important discovery, proving that copies of the Bhelasaṃhitā, more complete than the Tanjore MS, still existed in Southern India in rather late times; 16².30–35 = Bhela Ci.13.27–33ab (this quotation indicates that the correct name of the recipe is suvarṇasamjñākacūrṇa); 17.30–35 = Bhela Ci.13.27–33ab; 23.40–41 = Bhela Ci.8.19cd–21ab; 26.127–128 = Bhela Ci.27.17–18.

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The variants of Anantakumāra’s citations are of great value.