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652 The same as bhūmyāmalakī (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 653 Commentary ad 8.40: vayambu, i.e., Acorus calamus Linn. 654 Commentary: Tamil pākar̥kāy, i.e., the jackfruit tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. 655 The same as bāhuvallī. 656 Commentary: Tamil mañical, i.e., Curcuma longa Linn. 657 Commentary: Tamil kilukiluppai, i.e., Crotalaria pulcherrima Roxb. (according to Tamil lexicon; this name is absent from WIRM; see Hooker II, 80). 658 Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 659 Identified as Ocimum sanctum Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1192). 660 Identified as Basella alba Linn. var. rubra (Linn.) Stewart and Cannabis sativa Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 217 and 312). 661 Commentary: = śaṅkhapuṣpa. Mūrdhapuṣpa is a synonym of śirīṣa (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 69). 662 A synonym of tagara (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1579). 663 The same as dravantī (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 664 Commentary: Tamil koṭivēli, i.e., leadwort. 665 One of the names of pippalī (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1296). 666 One of the names of punarnavā (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 251). 667 Commentary: cēna, i.e., a species of Arum. 668 Commentary: kaccūrikkiḷaṅka. i.e., Kaempferia galanga Linn. 669 The same as tamālā (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 670 One of the names of bimbī (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 450). 671 Commentary: = uttamakāriṇī. 672 One of the names of jyotiṣmatī (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 365). 673 The same as kāraksara (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1541). 674 The same as āragvadha (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 675 Commentary: Tamil mañical, i.e., Sanskrit haridrā. 676 One of the names of haridrā (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 536). 677 See 32.69–70. 678 CC I, 535: anonymous. An incomplete MS of the Lakṣaṇāmṛta (pataḷas 1–3, 7), which forms part of the GOML collection in Madras (*Nr. R. 3149), gives the name of its author as Bhaṭṭasundara in each of the four colophons (bhūmikā to the ed. of the Tantrasārasaṃgraha). Check-list Nr. 413: six MSS are recorded (author's name Bhaṭṭasundara or Sundara). STMI (216) records seven MSS of the Lakṣaṇāmṛta by Sundarācārya, described as a work in thirteen chapters on poisons and antidotes. The Lakṣaṇāmṛta of Sundara Bhaṭṭācārya has been edited, with a Sanskrit commentary called Marmaprakāśikā and a Malayalam translation, by E.P. Subrahmanya Śāstri, Palghat 1905 [BL.140043.cc.19(3)]; Rāmakr̥ṣṇa Press, Elappulli 1905 [IO.3443]. 679 See the Sanskrit bhūmikā to the edition, 29–31; NCC X, 105–106. See for more information on this Nārāyaṇa: S.N. Dasgupta and S.K. De (1947): 382, 774–775; S.V. Iyer (1976): 50–52: Nārāyaṇa of Melputtūr; K. Kunjunni Raja (1958): 119–152: Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa of Melputtūr; K.A. Nilakanta Sastri (1971): 362. 680 N.P. Unni's Introduction (9) to the edition of vol. I by M.M.T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī. 681 Īśānāśivagurudevapaddhati 41.2. 682 V. Raghavan (1975): 294. 683 See the Sanskrit bhūmikā to the edition, 27.