Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

f. GangSdhara takes it as another name of Kuruvaka of the purple variety. Both varieties go by the name of Jhinti, i.e, Barleria cristata, Linn.

ChakrapSnidatta explains that by KshudrasahS is meant the plant called KumSri. KumSri, however, is a name that is applied to various plants, such as the Clitoria Ternatea, Aloes perfoliata. &c.

g. Riddhi is no longer obtainable, whatever it was. For it modern physi¬ cians substitute Bali ( vide a above.)

h. GangSdhara takes it as another name of Vriddha-daraka or Devatâda, i.e., Andropogan saccharatus, Roxb. ; syn. Andropogon serratus, Retx.

i. Physalis flexuosa, Roxb. ; syn. Withania somnifera, Don.

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O’), Vrigchira (k), Punarnava (/), Vrihati (m), Kantakarika (n), Eranda ( o ), Morata (/), £wadangshtra (q), Samharsha (r), £attvari ( s ), £atapushpa ( t ), Madhukapushpi ( u ), Yashtimadhu (v), Madhulika ( w ), Mridvika ( x ), Kharjjura (y), Parushaka ( z ), A'tmagupta (a), Pushkaravija ( b ), Kasheruka (c), Rajakaslieruka ( d ), Rajadani j. Gangadhara takes it as another name of Arkapushpi, i.e., Gynandropsis pentaphylla, D. R. ; syn. Cleome pentaphylla, Linn.

k. The white variety of Punarnava, i.e., Boerhavia diffusa, Linn. ; syn. Boerhavia procumbens and erecta.

l. The read variety of the above.

m. Solanum Indicum, Linn.

n. Solanum jacquinii, Wild. ; syn. Solanum xanthocarpum, Schrad.

0. Ricimus communis, Linn.

p. Chakrapanidatta takes it as another name of Murva, i.e., Sanseviera, Zeylanica, Willd.; syn. Sanseviera Roxburghiana.

q. Otherwise called Gokhura. Tribulus trrestris, Linn ; syn. Tribulus lanuginosus, Linn.

r. Chakrapanidatta says that this plant is otherwise called Vandaka. Gangadhara is content with quoting Chakrapanidatta. Vandaka is a common name for a parasitical plant, of what particular variety it is not known. Wilson supposes it to be the Epidandrum tessellatum.

s. Called also Qatamuli. Asparagus racemosus, Willd.

t. Called also Misreya. Pucedanum Sewa.

u. A variety of liquorice.

v. Otherwise called Madhuka. Liquorice.

w. Chakrapanidatta states that it is otherwise called Markata-hastatrina. Gangadhara is content to quote Chakrapani without adding anything of his

Ayurvedartha Chandrika takes it as another name of Rajika, that is, the larger variety of mustard seeds called Rye-sharshapa in India.

x. Uvae passse. Dried grapes.

y. Phoenix Sylvestris ; Roxb. The wild date palm.

z. Greviia Asiatica, Linn.

a. Mucana pruriens, D. C.

b. Lotus-seeds.

c. Scirpus Kysoor, Roxb. Chakrapani says that by Kaseruka is meant Chinchodaka. This is the marshy plant called Chenchko. This is a variety of Scirpus kysoor.

d. Other wise called Bhadramusta ; a variety of the above.

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( e ), Kalankalaka {/), Kataka (g), Kasmarrj’ya {h), £itapaki (i), Odanapaki(y), Talamastaka ( k ), Kharjjuramastaka (/), Ikshu ( m ), Ikshuvalika («), Darblia {o), Kuya ( p ), Kaya {q). Cali (r), Gundra (s), Itkataka (f), e. Mimusops Indica, D C. ; syn. Mimusops hexandra., Roxb. Gangadhara wrongly takes Rajadani as another name for Piyala. Chakrapani takes it as another name of the bulbous root called Genchu in Bengal.

f. Called in Bengali Kalkasunde ; Cassia sophora, Linn-, syn. Senna sophora, Roxb.

g. It has another name, viz, Ambuprasada. In Bengal it is called Nirmala or Nirmali. The seeds are used for clearing muddy water. Susruta mentions this use of the seeds in his chapter on water. Strychnos Potaterum,' Linn. fil.

h. Called also Gambhari, Gmelina arborea, Linn.

i. Gangadhara explains that this is a variety of Kakali, which, as explain¬ ed above, is a root brought from Nepal or Morung. Chakrapani explains it as SitalS which, Ayurvedartha Chandrika explains, is Sitali-lata. The fact is, Sitala, or SitalS, is a name applied to more than one plant or tree. It may mean, as Wilson says, Marsilea quadrifolia\ or Cordia myxa\ or the marshy plant called Phrynium dichotinum, from the split stems of which a fine cool mat is made, called Sital-pati in Bengal.

j. Called in Bengali, Niljhinti. A variety of Barleria cristata, Linn.

k. The head of the palm called Borassus flabeliformis, Linn. The head of this palm, besides being used medicinally, is taken as food by the lower classes of the Indian people.

l. The head of the wild date palm. Besides being used medicinally, this also is taken as food.

to. Saccharum officinarum, Linn. The sugarcane.

n. Called also Ikshabika. Saccharum spontaneum, Linn.

o. Called Ulu in Bengali. Saccharum cylindricum, Lamk.

p. Poa cynosuroides, Linn.

q. A variety of Saccharum spontaneum, Linn.

r. The common paddy of Bengal.

s. Panicum uliginosum, Roxb. Gangadhara takes it. as implying Guduchi, i.e., Tinospora cordifolia.