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red fluid: J.J. Meyer (1937): I. 310 Compare on bloodletting: Su.Sū.14. See on the history of bloodletting also: S. Kuriyama (1995). 311 An instrument used for scraping the skin. 312 Ghee, purified a hundred times. 313 Vilepī is called gulāthī in the vernacular. 314 Yavāgū is called lapsī in the vernacular. 315 Sūpa is called dāl in the vernacular. 316 Called rāytā in the vernacular. 317 See the specifications given at the title page and in the colophon. 318 Edition: vidvatkaṇṭhabhūṣā siddhabhaiṣajyamañjūṣā, tatra prathamam prakoṣṭham navyaracanāvilāsitam, tad idam cikitsācārya-joṣityupanāmadhārivijayadevaśāstrikavinā subhāṣitam, sāhityācāryaśāstripaṇḍitahanumatprasādanirmitayā kuñcikākhyaṭīkayā vikāsitam, svair evādhikārai rāmadurgābhattapattanasthāśarādasadanakāryālayataḥ prakāśitam, 1st ed., Ramgarh (Sikar State), 1932. See on the work: ABI 604. 319 NCC: not recorded. 320 The metres are indicated in the commentary, as well as many of the alaṃkāras. Metres of both Sanskrit and Hindī poetry are employed: see, for example, jvara 16–18, atisāra 41, chardī 2, apasmāra 6 (caupāī); jvara 25–26 (dohā). 321 The author refers to ancient (pratna) and modern (nūtna) physicians (1.11). 322 See, e.g., jvara 2 and 155, atisāra 50. 323 Suśruta is referred to once (jvara 38). Religious works are occasionally mentioned: Bhagavadgītā (apasmāra 1), Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra (jvara 2). 324 Equated with thantharajvara in the commentary. 325 Identified as enteric or typhoid fever in the commentary.

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See on āntrikajvara: A.K. Avasthī (1996); A.B. Talāviyā (1996). 326 Identified as dengue in the commentary. 327 Cerebrospinal fever according to the commentary. 328 Influenza according to the commentary. 329 Pneumonia according to the commentary; it is also called dāruṇaparśukārti (jvara 68), phusphusadāha (jvara 57), and uraḥpradāha (jvara 56). 330 Aloe barbadensis Mill. (Daljit Simha, 1974: II, 279–281). 331 See Abhinavanighaṇṭu 19, nr. 63: ālū bukhārā. H.M. Said (1970): 2 (alu bokhara): Prunus domestica Linn. subsp. insititia Linn.; compare S.S.R. Bennet: var. insititia (Linn.) Bailey. Daljit Simha (1974): II, 62–63 (ālūbokhārā): Prunus domestica Linn. Compare WIRM VIII, 269: P. domestica Linn. subsp. insititia Bailey; the plum known in India as alubukhara is considered by some to belong to P. salicina Lindl., whereas others, being of the opinion that it deserves a separate specific rank, designate it as P. bokhariensis (Royle) Schneid. 332 The same as raktamarica, i.e., chilli, Capsicum annuum Linn. var. acuminatum Fingh. See on Capsicum annuum and its varieties: WIRM III, rev. ed., 218–263. Daljit Simha (1974: II: 581–582): C. frutescens Linn. 333 Dryobalanops aromatica Gaertn.f.; this tree is the source of Borneo camphor. 334 Compare Abhinavanighaṇṭu 99, nr. 348: cākasū. H.M. Said (1970): 111 (chaksu): Cassia absus Linn. Daljit Simha (1974): II, 293 (cākasū): idem. 335 Called nakachimkan in the vernacular according to the commentary, i.e., Centipeda minima (Linn.) A.Br.

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et Aschers. (see WIRM III, rev. ed., 430). 336 H.M. Said (1970): 11 (darunaj): Doronicum roylei DC. Daljit Simha (1974): II, 381–382 (darūnaj): idem. 337 Casearia zeylanica (Gaertn.) Thw. = C. esculenta Roxb. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 342; S.S.R. Bennet, 1987) or Rheum australe D. Don = Rh. emodi Wall. ex Meissn. (WIRM IX, 3). 338 Called gūndī in the vernacular according to the commentary, i.e., Cordia gharaf (Forsk.) Ehrenb. ex Asch. = C. rothii Roem. et Schult. (see WIRM II, 346). 339 Vanausadhicandrodaya VI, 64: the same as pārijāta, i.e., Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Linn. 340 Hauṇī vacā is identified as Paris polyphylla Sm. in the Siddhaprayogalatikā. 341 Called tuliyāthor in the vernacular according to the commentary, i.e., a species of Euphorbia (thor in Hindi). 342 The seeds of Plantago ovata Forsk. 343 The same as iśpagola. 344 H.M. Said (1970): 92 (jadwar): Delphinium denudatum Wall. See S. Azhar Mahmud and S. Mahdihassan (1984): 106–107, 111, 112; R.L. Khosa (1974). This substance is used in snake-stones (see J.D. Herbert, 1828). See on snake-stones: J. Davy (1818); Hobson-Jobson 847–849; B. Laufer (1987a). 346 Commentary: the same as jaharamoharā khaṭai. 347 Olive oil. 348 According to the commentary the same as sītāphala: Annona squamosa Linn. 349 H.M. Said (1970): 2 (zufa): Nepeta ciliaris Benth. (compare on the use of this plant as jūphā: Daljīt Simha, 1974: II, 343). 350 Commentary: a gem of a yellow colour.

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Kahravā or kahruvā is amber according to Daljīt Simha (1974: II, 148). 351 Commentary: called khūbakalā and khākaṣīra in the vernacular, i.e., the seeds of Sisymbrium irio Linn. (see WIRM IX, 361). 352 Sora is the Hindi name of saltpetre. 353 See Abhinavanighaṇṭu 44–45, nrs. 151–154: kāsanī. H.M. Said (1970): 3 (kasni): Cichorium intybus Linn. M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nrs. 398 and 399: C. endivia Linn. and C. intybus Linn. 354 See Abhinavanighaṇṭu 30, nr. 100: katīrā. H.M. Said (1970): 2 (katira): Sterculia urens Roxb. 355 See Abhinavanighaṇṭu 56, nrs. 191–193. H.M. Said (1970): 10 (khatmi): Althaea officinalis Linn.; compare M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 101: idem. WIRM I, rev. ed., 131 (khatmi): Alcea rosea Linn. = Althaea rosea (Linn.) Cav. 356 See Abhinavanighaṇṭu 60, nr. 208. Daljīt Simha (1974: II, 225–226): Malva sylvestris Linn. 357 Commentary: called dammul-akhaven, i.e., Dracaena cinnabari Balf.f. (see Daljīt Simha, 1974: II, 380–381; compare WIRM III, 112). 358 The same as khurāsānīyavānī according to the commentary: Hyoscyamus niger Linn. 359 Daljīt Simha (1974: II, 195–197: Portulaca oleracea Linn. 360 Quinine according to the commentary. 361 I.e., myrrh. Daljīt Simha (1974: II, 543–544 (murmakī): myrrh. 362 See Abhinavanighaṇṭu 155, nrs. 542–543. H.M. Said (1970): 41 (papeeta): Carica papaya Linn. Daljīt Simha (1974: II, 37–39: papītā): idem. 363 A species of Mentha.