A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c58.356

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507 Hemacandra left this part of his Abhidhānacintāmaṇi undealt with in his Śeṣasaṃgraha (see C. Vogel, IL 337–338 and 345). 508 Compare on the contents of the Nighaṇṭuśeṣa: Bāpālāl Vaidya (1982), Appendix XV, 622–623. 509 Achyranthes aspera Linn. 510 Celastrus paniculatus Willd. or Cardiospermum halicacabum Linn. 511 Rāsnā is often identified as Vanda roxburghii R.Br. or Acampe papillosa Lindl. = Saccolabium papillosum Lindl., both orchids, but also as Pluchea lanceolata Oliver et Hiern, a shrub. 512 Picrorrhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth. 513 Compare Bāpālāl Vaidya's Intr. to ed. c, 15. 514 See the examples given by Bāpālāl Vaidya in his Intr. to ed. c, 12–14. 515 The fruit of kuṭaja is called indrayava and its seed bhadrayava (17ab); the leaves of the tamāla are called vasvākhya, romasa, tāmasa, and dala (31ab). 516 See Bāpālāl Vaidya's Intr. to ed. c, 12–14: parpaṭa as the name of the fruit of the bakula tree (6b); indrayava as the term for the fruit of kuṭaja and its seed (17ab); vyāghranakhī and gṛdhranakhi as synonyms of badarī (70cd-71). 517 See P.V. Sharma's Intr. to his ed. of this text, 13–14. Cf. Nighaṇṭuśeṣa 117cd and Aṣṭāṅganighaṇṭu 82ab on bhūrja; Nighaṇṭuśeṣa 165ab and Aṣṭāṅganighaṇṭu 215cd on vaṃśa; golhā is mentioned as a synonym of bimbī in both works (Nighaṇṭuśeṣa 368 and Aṣṭāṅganighaṇṭu 256). See on the sources utilized by Hemacandra for the composition of his Abhidhānacintāmaṇi: C. Vogel, IL 337, and for the sources of the Deśīnāmamālā and its auto-commentary: the same, 344. 518 See, for example, pages 174–175, 176b, 177b, 179b in H. Śāstrī's edition. 519 Amlāta is identified as Barleria acanthoides Vahl (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 205). Several species of Barleria are regarded as saireyaka. 520 Identified as Panicum miliaceum Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1228). 521 Also mentioned in the Bhāvaprakāśanighaṇṭu, śākavarga 19; identified as Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. 522 P.V. Sharma (1997) identifies kāṇḍīra as Ranunculus sceleratus Linn. 523 Described in the Mādhavadravyaguṇa, (21) 37. Regarded as a synonym of mātuṅga (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 426). 524 A synonym of kāraraskara in the Rājanighaṇṭu (9.35). 525 Unidentified. 526 Nalī is mentioned in the Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu, where nalikā is one of its synonyms. 527 P.V. Sharma (1997) regards it as a synonym of tālīśapatra, identified as Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach = A. webbiana Lindl. 528 See on the stones in the drupes of rudrākṣa (Elaeocarpus ganitrus Roxb.), commonly employed as rosary beads, and their uses: L.R. Chawdhri (1985): 235–250; S. Rai (1993); G. Watt III, 205; WIRM I, 431, III, 140. 529 Mentioned in the Aṣṭāṅganighaṇṭu (111), where it is a synonym of śītivāraka, identified as Celosia argentea Linn. (P.V. Sharma, 1997). Śrīhastinī is also identified as Heliotropium indicum Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 859). Dalhaṇa (ad Su.Sū.46.221) remarks that some regard tilaparṇikā as the same as śrīhastinī.