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Arka (calotropis)

आक (अर्क) · अर्कपर्ण

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
अर्कपर्णअलर्कमन्दारक्षीरपर्णीविकीरणदिनकर
Hindi
आकअर्कमदारआकड़ाअकौआसफेद आक
English
Arkacalotropiscrown flowergiant milkweedarka
Romanized
arkaaakmadar
Marathi
रुई

What the text says

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Classification1

  • White arka (verse amalina arka) is named among the five bṛhatīs, said to suit kapha disorders, remove kuṣṭha, destroy worms, counter poison and always suit fever.

    Chapter 4 · p. 58 · v. 37Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Properties1

  • Arka, called dinakara in the verse, is counted among the latex (milk) poisons.

    Chapter 19 · p. 414 · v. 31Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Safety

  • Editorial safety note: toxic, irritant. This is a library classification, not a statement from the source.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Bath against the Putana grahaBath drugs and oil against the Pishacha grahaHealing wickHeartwood, exudate, bark, latex and mineral poisonsMethod of the alkali (kshara) kalpaPlant glossary, letter section द (entries 1–20: दर्भ to द्विरज)Plant glossary, अ entries 34–57 (अभ्रक to इक्षफल)Plant glossary, आ 22–25, इ 1–8 and उ 1 (आसनतरु to उग्र)Plant glossary, आ entries 1–21 (आखुकर्णी to आश्मन्तक)Plant glossary, क entries 1–12 (कक्कोल to कनक)Plant glossary, क entries 57–70 (किरात to कुरंट)Plant glossary, क्ष section, entries 1–12 (क्षणदा to क्षुरक)

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 12 times on 11 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

Which senses does the glossary give for क्षीर, and which entries after it gather milky plants?

Milk and the gum of the सरल tree in the Hindi column, and water, milk, बकाण निंब, the milk of a cow that has just calved, खीर and a kind of incense in the Marathi column. क्षीरद्रुम, क्षीरी, क्षीरिका and क्षीरिणी then list milky trees and plants.

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All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantLatexLeaf
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
11
Extraction tasks
T03, T20
Record id
ingredient_arka