A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.649

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v4.c57.649

131 The text mentions three types of nakhī. Śivadāsasena comments that five types are recognized. See the extensive comments of Niścala. Nakhī is not a vegetable substance, but consists of the opercula of particular shells (see U.Ch. Dutt, 1922: 15). Compare Ca.Ci. 28.153 (nakha; interpreted as svalpanakhī by Cakra).

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Carakasaṃhitā — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit