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201 Yogaratnasamuccaya 22.251–269: pakṣigrahas are described. 202 Compare the numbers mentioned in the Suśrutasamhitā and the works ascribed to Vāgbhaṭa. 203 Also known to the Kaiyadevanighaṇṭu. 204 Identified as Psoralea corylifolia Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1360) and Solanum ferox Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1505). 205 This may be the same as dhustūra = dhattūra. Durdhūraka is found in the Aṣṭāngasamgraha (see P.V. Sharma, 1997; M. Uniyāl, 1981). 206 This may be the same as guḍūcī. 207 Also found in the Śivatattvaratnākara (VI.17.121). 208 This may be the same as pīlu (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1430). 209 Identified as Acalypha indica Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 26; P.V. Sharma, 1997; P.K. Warrier, V.P.K. Nambiar and C. Ramankutty, 1994: I, 36–38). 210 Mentioned in a number of other texts. 211 The same as kāravella (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1119). Regarded as jalakāravellī by P.V. Sharma (1997). 212 Identical with karamarda (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 213 Identified as Artocarpus gomezianus Wall. ex Trec. subsp. zeylanicus Jarrett = A. lakoocha auct. non Roxb. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 174; compare WIRM I, rev. ed., 455) and as A. communis J.R. et G. Forst. = A. incisus Linn.f. (P.K. Warrier, V.P.K. Nambiar and C. Ramankutty, 1994: I, 207). Regarded as identical with lakuca, i.e., Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb. (P.V. Sharma, 1997) or A. hirsutus Lam. (P.K. Warrier, V.P.K. Nambiar and C. Ramankutty, 1994: I, 215–216). 214 Found in the Suśrutasamhitā. 215 Mentioned in the Bhelasamhitā (Ci.26.17). 216 Identified as Morinda coreia Buch.-Ham. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1131) = M. tinctoria Roxb. (P.V. Sharma, 1997), Pavetta indica Linn. and P. tomentosa Roxb. ex Sm. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 1240–1242), and Tarenna alpestris (Wight) Balakr. = Stylocoryne lucens (Hook.f.) Gamble (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1589a; absent from Hooker and WIRM). 217 Identified as Gmelina arborea Roxb. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 814). 218 The Aṣṭāngasamgraha mentions a plant called siñcatī (Sū.7.180; Indu: vṛkṣabadarī, found in Kaśmīr). 219 The synonym śvetabarbarā is applied to Acacia leucophloea Willd. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 19). Śetavarvaraka is a variety of candana (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 220 Uttuṇḍikī is identified as Coccinia indica Wight et Arn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 450) and Trichosanthes cucumerina Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1642). Uttuṇḍikā and uttuṇḍikī (A.h.U.3.18; Candranandana: = kākatiktā) are names of vanakārpāsī (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 221 Various identifications (see N.S. Mooss, 1953: 27): Amorphophallus dubius Blume (compare WIRM I, rev. ed., 234: kānanakanda), Arisaema tortuosum Schott, Synantherias sylvatica Schott (compare WIRM X, 92: vanakanda), and Tacca leontopetaloides (Linn.) Kuntze = T. pinnatifida Forst. et Forst.f. (compare WIRM X, 108: sūraṇa). 222 Vraṇarohiṇī, found in the Gadanigraha (prayogakhaṇḍa, tailādhikāra 365), is the same as katphala, Myrica esculenta Buch.-Ham. (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 223 Identified as Anacardium occidentale Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 124).