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Sweet potato (bhusharkara)

सकरकंद · भूशर्करा

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
भूशर्करा
Hindi
सकरकंद
English
Sweet potato (bhusharkara)

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  • Bhūśarkarā, glossed as sweet potato (सकरकंद) and similar tubers, is listed among tubers said to be tasty, nourishing, poison-countering and wholesome in vata disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 55 · v. 29Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Poisoning (visha)Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)

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Properties of wild potato and other tubers

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Grains and other foods, their merits and faults

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Tubers and root vegetables (kanda)

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Named 3 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Content type
Food
Source pages with records
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Pages naming it
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Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_bhusharkara