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Herbवनस्पति

Kusha grass

कुश

Desmostachya bipinnata · Poaceae

Extracted from the text2 references

Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
कुशदर्भबर्हिकुशा
Hindi
कुशकुशाडाभदर्भचकोतरा नींबूचकोतरा
English
Kusha grasskusha grasshalfa grassDarbha grassChakotara
Romanized
kushakushdarbha
Marathi
चकोतरा

What the text says

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Other1

  • Listed with kasha and utkata among the drugs for pitta-type stone.

    Chapter 13 · p. 226 · v. 24Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Where else is this mentioned?

Named 10 times on 5 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Extraction notes

  • The text gives no gloss, so it is kept apart from ingredient_kusha.
  • Merged from ingredient_darbha.
  • From glossary entry क 75, which calls it a kind of nimbu fruit.
  • Merged from ingredient_chakotara.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantRoot
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
5
Extraction tasks
T11, T18
Record id
ingredient_kusha