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1328 The same as babbūla according to P.V. Sharma (1997), but Mimosa hamata Willd. according to Bapalal G. Vaidya. Babbūla is identified as Acacia nilotica Delile subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan (see on this tree: Akhtar Husain et al., 1992: 5; WIRM I, rev. ed., 37–41). 1329 The same as dhanvayāsa (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 1330 A large type of śleṣmātaka according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 1331 The same as upakuñcikā according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 1332 Probably the same as kuliñja(ka). 1333 Kāyaphala is not a new drug, but the vernacular name for kaṭphala. 1334 See AVI 350–351. 1335 Identified as Jasminum arborescens Roxb. (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 1336 Regarded as pūtikarañja (Hindī commentary). 1337 Identified as Blepharis persica (Burm.f.) Kuntze = B. edulis Pers. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 1338 It may be a synonym of bhaṅgā here. See AVI 353–354; G.J. Meulenbeld (1989): 64. 1339 See AVI 343. 1340 See AVI 290; G.J. Meulenbeld (1981c): 116 and 118. Compare on the term arka: Arkaprakāśa. 1341 AVI 290. 1342 Tightening the vagina. 1343 Making the female genitals devoid of hair. 1344 E.g., 2.300–307 (tuvarakakalpa) = A.s.U.49.78–85; 2.313–316 and 317 (somarājikalpa) = A.s.U.49.137–140 and 143–144. 1345 Quoted as Soḍhala. 1346 See, e.g., kāya 2.26–28; 9.35–36; 10.19–21; 14.18–20; 23.26–28. 1347 This syndrome differs from the saṃnipāta fever called hāridraka, described in the Bhāvaprakāśa (cikitsā 1.517). Compare G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 172. 1348 This children's disease, described in the works attributed to Vāgbhaṭa (A.h.U.2.20–23ab; A.s.U.2.17) and usually regarded as milk-tympany, is identified as infantile cirrhosis by the Hindī commentator. Kṣīrālasaka may be due to lactose malabsorption; see the publications by J. Dupuis and F.J. Simoons on this subject. 1349 These two types belong to the irregular fevers (viṣamajvara) and appear, as their names indicate, on each fifth, respectively sixth day. 1350 The diseases called vardhma (or bradhna) and snāyuka were described for the first time by Vṛnda, whereas somaroga was described for the first time by Vaṅgasena. 1351 Soḍhala's verse was probably incorporated later in the text of the Mādhavanidāna. 1352 The term śītalikā is employed by Daḷhaṇa (ad Su.Ni.5.34) and Śrīkaṇṭhadatta (ad Siddhayoga 73.17). 1353 See AVI 354 on this plant. 1354 See AVI 352. 1355 Identified as Tricholepis glaberrima DC. by P.V. Sharma (1997). 1356 Dried dates (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 1357 The same as amlikā (P.V. Sharma, 1997). Regarded as apāmārga in the Hindī commentary. 1358 Identical with mañjiṣṭhā (Hindī commentary; P.V. Sharma, 1997). 1359 Daṅgarī is a kind of trapusa according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 1360 The same as musta (Hindī commentary; P.V. Sharma, 1997). 1361 Mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā. 1362 A synonym of ghṛtakumārī (Hindī commentary).