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Ashvattha (sacred fig)

पीपल वृक्ष (अश्वत्थ) · अश्वत्थ

Ficus religiosa · Moraceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
अश्वत्थबोधिद्रुमचलदलपिप्पल
Hindi
पीपल वृक्षअश्वत्थपीपल का पेड़पीपल की छालपीपल
English
Ashvatthasacred figpeepal treebodhi treeashvattha
Romanized
ashvatthapeepal tree
Marathi
पिंपळ

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  • Pīpal (sacred fig) fruit, as one of the milky trees, is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 60 · v. 44Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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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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Content type
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Categories
Medicinal plantBark
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
2
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_ashvattha