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258 Unidentified. 259 Several species of Datura. 260 Identified as Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub., B. superba Roxb., and Leea macrophylla Roxb. ex Horn. See M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nrs. 275 and 1008; Bāpālāl (1982): 89–91; P.V. Sharma (1985a): 354–355, (1997); R.S. Singh and A.N. Singh (1981). 261 Enhydra fluctuans Lour. (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 673; Chopra's Glossary; DGV V, 275; DWH II, 266; P.V. Sharma, 1997; WIRM III, 173). 262 Several species of Sorghum, great millet (see P.K. Gode, 1944f; P.V. Sharma, 1997). Also identified as Thysanolaena maxima (Roxb.) Kuntze and Th. procera Mez. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 1618–1619). 263 Unidentified. 264 This may the first occurrence of kāśmīraja in a nighaṇṭu, though the word is already used by Vāgbhaṭa (A.h.U.37.44); the closely related kāśmīrajanman is found in the Amarakoṣa (2.6.124). 265 Cassia absus Linn. (DGV V, 323). Mentioned in the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Ci.16.26). 266 This plant may be the same as kumbhāḍulatā = kaṇṭākumbhāḍu, and Typha species (see P.V. Sharma, 1985a: 349). Kumbhāṭa is identified as Careya herbacea Roxb. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 330; P.V. Sharma, 1997). 267 Identified as Citrus limetta Risso (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 422) and C. limettioides Tanaka = C. medica var. limetta Wight et Arn. (Vanauṣadhicandrodaya VI, 22). 268 Also mentioned by Dalhaṇa ad Su.Sū.36.27. 269 Identified as Arundo donax Linn. (P.V. Sharma, 1997), Lobelia nicotianaefolia Roth ex R. et S. (see S.S.R. Bennet, 1987), Phragmites karka Trin. ex Steud., and Typha australis Schum. et Thonn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 177, 1033, 1268, 1661). Also identified as Saccharum spontaneum Linn. (MW). 270 Sarpagandhā is usually identified as Rauvolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz. 271 Usually identified as Ophiorrhiza mungos Linn. (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1202; Chopra's Glossary; DGV V, 291; Nadkarni I, Nr. 872; P.V. Sharma, 1997); its identity is, however, disputed (see Bāpālāl, 1982: 320–321; DGV V, 291; K.V. Nair et al., 1984: 65). 272 Usually identified as Crinum latifolium Linn. or C. asiaticum Linn., sometimes as Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merrill = T. malabarica Miers ex Hook.f. = T. tomentosa Miers ex Hook.f.; see M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nrs. 505, 507, 1621; Chopra's Glossary; DWH III, 464–466; Nadkarni I, Nrs. 699 and 2475; P.V.Sharma, (1979a): 133 and (1985a): 354. 273 Lawsonia inermis Linn. = L. alba Lam., the henna plant (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1005; AVI 352). See on this plant and its names P.K. Gode (1947d). 274 Of uncertain identity. Mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā, etc. See DGV V, 60–64; T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar, 1972. 275 One of Jīvaka's patients suffered from a disease called antagaṇṭhābādha (see K.G. Zysk, 1990: 122–123); this term may the Pāli equivalent of antagranthi. 276 Compare, e.g., Aṣṭāṅganighaṇṭu 405. 277 It may be the same as pravāhikā. 278 C. Vogel, IL 316. Mādhava is quoted ad Amarakoṣa 1.10.37 (= Ratnamālā 279), 2.4.28 (= 348), and 2.4.49 (= 286). 279 Paryāyaratnamālā 950 is quoted (ad Su.Sū.14.18) as being from Mādhava. 280 Haricaraṇasena refers to Mādhava's Ratnamālā in the introductory verses of his work. 281 C. Vogel, IL 315. See A.A. Ramanathan (1971: Intr. 47); Ratnamālā 54 is quoted ad Amarakoṣa 2.4.23cd–24ab. The quotations in this commentary from an author called Mādhava are not from the Ratnamālā.