A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c59.708

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425 The same as dugdhapāṣāṇa according to the commentary (4.564); dugdhapāṣāṇa, a name applied to edible *Asclepiadaceae* (DWH II, 457), is identified as *Caralluma edulis* Benth. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 327). Dugdhapāṣāṇa is also the name of an inorganic substance, already mentioned in the *Aṣṭāṅganighaṇṭu* (287), and regarded as talc, steatite (see D. Joshi, 1986: 184–186).