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505 Identified as Aristolochia indica Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 161) and Celosia argentea Linn. forma cristata (Linn.) Schinz = C. cristata Linn. (see on the nomenclature: S.S.R. Bennet, 1987) (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 506 The same as indrayava (III.2.66) or devadāru (III.28.20) according to the Hindī translation. 507 The same as śaṇapuṣpī, i.e., Crotalaria retusa Linn. (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 511; P.V. Sharma, 1997). 508 A vegetable poison, having the same colour as ginger. 509 The same as śṛṅgavairika. 510 A vegetable poison of a yellow colour. 511 The same as vāsā (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 512 Identified as Anethum graveolens Linn. = A. sowa Kurz, Cinnamomum camphora (Linn.) Presl, Foeniculum vulgare Mill. = F. capillaceum Gilib., and some species of Parmelia (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 133, 403, 771, 1235, 1236). 513 Rendered as saphed sāmṭhī in the Hindī translation, which means that it is regarded as sītāvarṣābhū = śvetapunarnavā, identified as Trianthema portulacastrum Linn. = T. monogyna Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1635; WIRM III, rev. ed., 582). 514 Rendered as dālcīnī in the Hindī translation, i.e., the same as Sanskrit tvac, identified as Cinnamomum verum Presl (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 409; WIRM III, rev. ed., 582). 515 Rendered as sālvan in the Hindī translation, i.e., Desmodium gangeticum (Linn.) DC. (see WIRM III, 41; see on the nomenclature: S.S.R. Bennet, 1987; compare M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 595). Suparṇikā is also identified as Wattakaka volubilis (Linn.f.) Stapf and Psoralea corylifolia Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 641 and 1360). 516 Regarded as sūryamukhī, i.e., Helianthus annuus Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 854), in the Hindī translation. 517 A tuberous plant, regarded as ratālu (= Sanskrit raktālu) in the Hindī translation. Raktālu is identified as Dioscorea alata Linn., D. bulbifera Linn., and Ipomoea batatas (Linn.) Lam. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 611, 613, 916). 518 Regarded as the grass called rohiṣa in the Hindī translation. Rohiṣa is usually identified as one or more species of Cymbopogon (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 547, 550, 551). 519 The same as bimbī, Coccinia grandis (Linn.) Voigt = C. indica Wight et Arn. = Cephalandra indica (Wight et Arn.) Naud. (see on the nomenclature: S.S.R. Bennet, 1987) (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 450; P.V. Sharma, 1997). 520 The fruit of bimbī (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 521 Rendered as amlī, i.e., Tamarindus indica Linn., in the Hindī translation. 522 Not identified in the Hindī translation. 523 Unidentified. 524 Phoenix sylvestris Roxb. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1267). 525 Rendered as sālvan in the Hindī translation. See suparṇikā. 526 Identified as Moringa oleifera Lam. = M. pterygosperma Gaertn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1134). 527 Rendered as gorakhmunḍī, Sphaeranthus indicus Linn., in the Hindī translation. 528 Rendered as vidhāyarā in the Hindī translation. Identified as Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muell.-Arg. (= danti) = B. axillare Blume = Croton polyandrus Roxb. (absent from WIRM; see Hooker V, 461–462) by A. Raison (1974: 383). 529 Identified as Zea mays Linn. by A. Raison (1974: 386).