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Jiraka (cumin)

जीरा (जीरक) · जीरक

Cuminum cyminum · Apiaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
जीरकअजाजीशुक्लजीरकजरण
Hindi
जीराजीरकसफेद जीराजीरे
English
Jirakacumincumin seedjiraka
Romanized
jirakajeerajira
Marathi
जिरे

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Properties1

  • Cumin leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 56 · v. 33Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Preparation1

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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Dadimadi powderPlant glossary, letter section ज (entries 1–11: जटा to जंघारूहा)Plant glossary, letter section द (entries 1–20: दर्भ to द्विरज)Plant glossary, letter section म, entries 1–30 (मगधोद्भवा to माणकी)Plant glossary, अ entries 17–33 (अजाजी to अभया)Plant glossary, स section, entries 1–48 (सद्धातकीकुसुम to स्नुही)Properties of guhyākṣī and other leaf vegetablesSwooning and killing of mercuryTreatment of prasramsini (prolapsed yoni)Wholesome food and drink (vata-type abhishyanda)Wound-cleansing drugs

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 26 times on 23 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
SpiceSeedFood
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
23
Extraction tasks
T03, T27
Record id
ingredient_jiraka