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308 Damana is identified as Aeschynomene aspera Linn., non Muehl. ex Willd., nec sensu Wall., Artemisia nilagirica (C.B. Clarke) Pamp., A. sieversiana Ehrh. ex Willd., and Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andrews (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 50, 168, 171, 956). 309 Uccaṭā is usually distinct from guñjā (see T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar, 1972). Uccaṭā is identified as Blepharis persica (Burm.f.) Kuntze = B. edulis Pers., B. linariaefolia Pers. (absent from Hooker and WIRM), Phyllanthus fraternus Webster = Ph. niruri sensu Hook.f., and Ph. urinaria Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 243, 244, 1273, 1276). Compare on uccaṭā: Bāpālāl Vaidya (1982): 169–171; T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). 310 See on cāṇakyamūlaka: G. Pandey (1977): 119; P.V. Sharma (1979a): 152. 311 Unidentified by P.V. Sharma. Identified as Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth. = P. patchouli Hook.f. by others (Bhāvaprakāśanighaṇṭu, karpūrādivarga 127–128, ed. m). 312 Identified as Soymida febrifuga A. Juss. by P.V. Sharma and others (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1519). 313 Unidentified by P.V. Sharma. Identified as Lobelia pyramidalis Wall. by N.P. Manandhar (1980), as L. nicotianaefolia Heyne (see WIRM VI, 161) in the Śālīgrāmanighaṇṭu. The former is a synonym of L. nicotianaefolia roth ex R. et S. according to S.S.R. Bennet (1987). 314 Nīladūrvā is regarded as the same as dūrvā (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 554). 315 Added to varga 4; omitted in ed. e. Identical with nāgadamani, Pupalia lappacea (Linn.) Juss., according to the Bhāvaprakāśanighaṇṭu (guḍūcyādi 299, ed. m). Balāmoṭā is also identified as Sesbania sesban (Linn.) Merrill subsp. sesban var. sesban and S. sesban (Linn.) Merrill var. picta (Cav.) Santapau (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 1473 and 1475); compare S.S.R. Bennet (1987). 316 Identified as Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merrill = C. decumana Linn. by P.V. Sharma. 317 Identified as Diploknema butyracea H.J. Lam. = Madhuca butyracea Macbride by P.V. Sharma (1979a: 49). Jalamadhūka is also identified as Madhuca longifolia (Koenig) Macbride (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1055). 318 Unidentified by P.V. Sharma.; identified as Caryota urens Linn. by others (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 338; WIRM II, 90). 319 See T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar (1972). 320 Added to varga five; omitted in ed. d. Various species of Pandanus are regarded as ketakī (see V.V. Sivarajan and I. Balachandran, 1994: 242–244). 321 Added to varga five; omitted in ed. d. 322 Sorghum or great millet; also identified as Thysanolaena maxima (Roxb.) Kuntze and Th. procera Mez. (absent from Hooker and Wirm) (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 1618 and 1619). Unidentified by P.V. Sharma. See P.K. Gode (1944f); U.P. Thapliyal (1979): 94. 323 Identified as Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn. by P.V. Sharma. 324 Unidentified by P.V. Sharma; identified by others (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1084; Chopra’s Glossary; Nadkarni I, Nrs. 1577 and 2514) as Melilotus indica All. = M. parviflora Desf. 325 I.e., the seeds of Papaver somniferum Linn. 326 Compare on yakṣakaṛdama: Amarakośa 2.6.133; P.V. Kane V.1, 38; U.P. Thapliyal (1979): 77.