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Hingu (asafoetida)

हींग (हिंगु) · हिङ्गु

Ferula assa-foetida · Apiaceae

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A canonical name in the library. The curated extraction has not reached a passage about it yet; name matches on the source pages are listed below.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
हिङ्गुहिंगुरामठबाह्लीक
Hindi
हींगहिंगुहिंग
English
Hinguasafoetidahinghingu
Romanized
hinguhingheeng
Marathi
हिंग

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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Colic-destroying enemaKatutrikadi powderPlant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, उ 2–10, ऊ 1, ए 1–2 and ऐ 1 (उग्रगन्ध to ऐरावती)Plant glossary, क entries 13–27 (कन्या to कर्कारु)Plant glossary, क entries 83–95 (केसर to कांजीरक)Plant glossary, र section, entries 1–18 (रक्तचन्दन to रंभा)Plant glossary, ह section, entries 1–15 (हट to हिंताल)Three powders beginning with asafoetida

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Named 35 times on 34 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantSpiceResin
Source pages with records
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Pages naming it
34
Record id
ingredient_hingu