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285 See M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 1630; Nadkarni I, Nr. 2484: kāsa ghnī = vṛścikālī: Tragia involucrata Linn. Kāsagh nī is also identified as Clerodendrum serratum (Linn.) Moon and Solanum surattense Burm.f. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 444 and 1516). 286 See G.J. Meulenbeld (1984c): 50–53. 287 I.e., Cannabis sativa Linn.; omitted by Soḍhala. 288 See T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). D.K. Kamat regards Taverniera cuneifolia (Roth) Arn. = T. nummularia sensu Baker as the sthalaja variety. P.V. Sharma has not identified these plants; they are omitted by Soḍhala. 289 Identified as Mucuna capitata Wight et Arn. = Carpopogon capitatum Roxb. by D.K. Kamat; see WIRM VI, 443 on this plant. Not identified by P.V. Sharma; omitted by Soḍhala. 290 It may be Cucumis melo Linn. var. momordica Duthie et Fuller = C. momordica Roxb. according to D.K. Kamat; P.V. Sharma has not identified it. Ḍaṅgarī is also identified as Cucurbita maxima Duchesne (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 529). A devaḍaṅgarī is mentioned in Soḍhala’s Gadanigraha (kāya 30.88) and Śrīkaṇṭha’s Hitopadeśa (6.64 and 68). 291 See D.K. Kamat, 49–53; P.V. Sharma’s Intr. to ed. d, 19. 292 Identified as Jatropha multifida Linn. by D.K. Kamat. Other identifications are: Clerodendrum multiflorum Baker (absent from Hooker and WIRM), C. phlomidis Linn.f., and Premna serratifolia Linn. (absent from WIRM; see Hooker IV, 574: a synonym of P. integrifolia Linn.; compare the synonymy of S.S.R. Bennet (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 439, 443, 1339). Not identified by P.V. Sharma (whose reading is varaṇī). 293 Croton tiglium Linn. according to D.K. Kamat and P.V. Sharma. 294 Euphorbia thomsoniana Boiss. according to D.K. Kamat. 295 Identified as Argemone mexicana Linn. by D.K. Kamat. 296 Unidentified. 297 Mṛgākṣī has been identified as Cucumis pubescens Willd. (Vanauṣadhicandrodaya II, 10). 298 See D.K. Kamat I, 73–76 for their botanical identities. The Dhanvantariya- and Rājanighaṇṭu are the only texts distinguishing five types of balā. See on the group of plants called balā: G.J. Meulenbeld (1984c): 56. 299 Added after the guḍūcyādivarga. Identified as Ipomoea obscura (Linn.) Ker-Gawl. by D.K. Kamat. 300 A species of Iris according to D.K. Kamat. Also identified as Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle and Paris polyphylla Sm. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 37 and 1234). Not identified by P.V. Sharma. See on this plant Bāpālāl Vaidya (1982): 317–320. 301 Identified as Gardenia gummifera Linn.f. by D.K. Kamat and many others (see, for example, M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 788, DWH II, 207, and WIRM IV, 109); also identified as G. resinifera Roth = G. lucida Roxb. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 791). 302 See D.K. Kamat II, 26–30 on the various types of vaṃśarocanā. 303 Identified as Trachyspermum ammi (Linn.) Sprague, Artemisia maritima Linn. and Hyoscyamus niger Linn. by M. Abdul Kareem (1997), D.K. Kamat, and P.V. Sharma. 304 Identified as Adenanthera pavonina Linn., Caesalpinia sappan Linn., and Pterocarpus santalinus Linn.f. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 41, 285, 1363). 305 Identified as Coscinium fenestratum Colebr. and Crocus sativus Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 498 and 508). Compare AVI 342 on kalambā. 306 Identified as Selinum candollei DC. = S. tenuifolium Wall. ex DC. by P.V. Sharma. 307 Unidentified by P.V. Sharma.