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Koshataki (ridge gourd)

तोरई (कोशातकी) · कोशातकी

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
कोशातकीकृतवेधनधामार्गवराजकोशातकी
Hindi
तोरईकोशातकीतुरईकड़वी तोरई
English
Koshatakiridge gourdkoshataki
Romanized
koshatakitoraiturai

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  • Ridge gourd (तुरई; verse kośātakī) is listed among creeper fruits described as tasty and nourishing, kapha-increasing and cold, very wholesome in pitta and blood disorders, slightly vata-producing, clearing the bowels, wholesome and aphrodisiac.

    Chapter 4 · p. 59 · v. 41Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Named 10 times on 8 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
VegetableFoodEmetic
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
8
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_koshataki