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110 A climber of the genus Capparis, identical with the kumbhāṭa, called in the vernacular kumbhāḍu, of Paryāyaratnamālā 654 (P.V. Sharma, 1985a). A synonym of ahimsrā (ed. z). Kumbhāṭa is identified as Careya herbacea Roxb. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 330). Śivadāsasena regards kumbhāḍuṭā as identical with padmacāraṭī (ad viṣa 32–38); padmacāraṭī (mentioned at Ca.Ci.23.55) may be the same as padmacāriṇī, identified as Habenaria diphylla Dalz. (absent from WIRM; see Hooker VI, 151) (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 839), Hibiscus mutabilis Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 873), Hybanthus enneaspermus (Linn.) F. Muell. = Ionidium suffruticosum Ging. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 883), or several species of Nervilia (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 1164–1166). Niścala does not explain which plant is meant.