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486 The same as kalasora. See C.D. Maclean (1982): 831 (s.v. shorah). 487 The same as lavaṅga. 488 According to the commentary the same as gulakanda (see Daljīt Siṃha (1974: II, 267 on this product of Rosa damascena Mill.). 489 Identified as Merendera persica Boiss. et Kotsch. (absent from WIRM; see Hooker VI, 357) by Daljīt Siṃha (1974: II, 694: mīṭhā surañjān). Bāpālāl Vaidya (1984: 642–643) identifies surañjāna as Colchicum luteum Baker. 490 Citrullus vulgaris Schrad., the watermelon. See S.S.R. Bennet on the nomenclature. 491 A strong acid. 492 Lepidium iberis Linn. according to V.N. Pandey (1987: 13), P.V. Sharma (1997), and Daljīt Siṃha (1974: II, 377–378). M. Ali (1992: 28 and 30) distinguishes todri surkh (Cheiran-thus cheiri Linn.) and todri safed (Matthiola incana R.Br.). 493 According to the commentary a type of Zizyphus without thorns. Identified as Zizyphus jujuba Mill. = Z. sativa Gaertn. by Daljīt Siṃha (1974: II, 80–81: unnāb). 494 According to the commentary the same as dvipāntariya-vaṭa. Identified as Smilax ovalifolia Roxb. = S. macrophylla Roxb. non Willd. (P.V. Sharma, 1997). Several species of Smilax are used as usbā according to Daljīt Siṃha (1974: II, 82–84). 495 According to the commentary the same as mesaśṛṅgī. Also identified as Barleria prionitis Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 212). 496 Pennisetum americanum (Linn.) Leeke = P. typhoides (Burm.f.) Stapf et Hubbard (bājarī) according to the commentary; this species of millet is called bajrā, bājrā or bajrī in Hindī (Daljīt Siṃha, 1974: II, 507). 497 Maerua oblongifolia (Forsk.) A. Rich. = M. arenaria Hook f. et Thoms. (see S.S.R. Bennet, 1987; WIRM VI, 216). 498 According to the commentary a variety of punarnavā. Identified as Trianthema portulacastrum Linn. (P.V. Sharma, 1997), a plant called biskhaprā in Hindī (Daljīt Siṃha, 1974: II, 529). 499 Probably Lodoicea maldivica (Poir.) Pers. See on this plant, used in Yūnānī medicine: Daljīt Siṃha (1974: II, 416). 500 See his own references to several kāvyas he wrote (1.9; 5.190). 501 See on Kṛṣṇarāma’s genealogy and his biography: V.N. Pandey (1987): 9; Devendraprasāda Bhaṭṭa’s Vaidya-kula-guru kā vaṃśa-paricaya in ed. b of the Siddhabheṣajamaṇimālā; Āyurvedamahāmaṇḍala II, 64–65, 109–111, 394, 540–543. 502 Devendraprasāda Bhaṭṭa sketched his life history (see preceding note). 503 Devendraprasāda Bhaṭṭa sketched his life history (see preceding note). 504 Devendraprasāda Bhaṭṭa sketched his life history (see preceding note). 505 The work is assigned to the eighteenth century by S.K. Śarmā (1992: 19). 506 See on Lakṣmīrāma: AVI 561–562; Āyurvedamahāmaṇḍala II, 65–66 and 394; K.R. Srikantamurthy (1968): 92; Śrīkānta Śāstrī (1981): 116. 507 This list is probably not exhaustive. 508 Hemādri’s commentary on the Aṣṭāngahṛdayasaṃhitā. 509 The author of the Bhaṭṭikāvya. 510 The same as Vopadeva; the Siddhamantraprakāśa to Siddhamantra 129 is referred to. 511 A work by Kṛṣṇarāma. 512 A work by Kṛṣṇarāma. 513 These quotations are from the Mādhavadravyaguṇa.