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Ash gourd (kushmanda)

पेठा (कूष्मांड) · कूष्माण्ड

Benincasa hispida · Cucurbitaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: कूष्माण्डकूष्मांडपुष्पफलपीतपुष्पबृहत्फल
Hindi: पेठाकूष्मांडकुम्हड़ासफेद कद्दूभतुआपेठ
English: Ash gourdash gourdwinter melonkushmanda
Romanized: kushmandapetha
Marathi: कोहळा

Ayurvedic properties

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Qualities (guna): Shita
Effect on the doshas: Kapha: aggravatesVata: aggravates
Actions: PushtikaraVrishyaMala pravartaka

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Properties2

Ash gourd (kuṣmāṇḍa, white gourd), which the commentary names for the verse's 'creeper fruits', is listed among the causes of kapha aggravation.
Chapter 3 · p. 39 · v. 60Hindi commentaryTraditional description
Ash gourd (पेठ, white pumpkin; verse kūṣmāṇḍa) 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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Formulations containing it

2

Formula that destroys pitta-type stoneपित्ताश्मरी नाशक योग Shabaradi gheeशबरादि घृत

Conditions mentioned with it

2

Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Consumption (rajayakshma)राजयक्ष्मा (क्षय रोग)Urinary stone (ashmari)अश्मरी (पथरी)

Organs and systems mentioned

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Blood and circulationरक्त और रक्त संचार Kidneys and urinary systemगुर्दे और मूत्र तंत्र Lungs and respiratory systemफेफड़े और श्वसन तंत्र Testes and male reproductive organsअंडकोष और पुरुष जननांग

Other ingredients used together

24

Count of shared preparations.

Gokshura (caltrops)गोखरू (गोक्षुर)×2 Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)×2 Kasha grassकांस (काश)×1 Kusha grassकुश×1 Utkataरामसर×1 Sugarcane (ikshu)गन्ना (इक्षु)×1 Pashanabhedaपाषाणभेद (पखानभेद)×1 Sariva (Indian sarsaparilla)अनंतमूल (सारिवा)×1 Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन)×1 Shirisha (lebbek)सिरस (शिरीष)×1 Dhattura (thorn apple)धतूरा (धत्तूर)×1 Kurantakaपीली कटसरैया×1 Shamiछौंकरा×1 Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता)×1 Pathaपाठा (पाढ़)×1 Banana (kadali)केला (कदली)×1 Vidarakaबिदारक×1 Nagakesara (ironwood flower)नागकेसर×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Causes of kapha aggravationकफ प्रकोप के कारण Plant glossary, क entries 13–27 (कन्या to कर्कारु)वनौषधिशब्दादर्श, क वर्ग प्रविष्टि 13–27 (कन्या से कर्कारु)Plant glossary, क entries 71–82 (कुलहला to केतकी)वनौषधिशब्दादर्श, क वर्ग प्रविष्टि 71–82 (कुलहला से केतकी)Properties of gourds and other creeper fruits (heading misplaced)लताफलों के गुण (शीर्षक भूल से दोहराया गया)

Course sessions

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Description of the body and daily regimenसूत्रव्यावर्णन Grains and other foods, their merits and faultsधान्यादिगुणागुणविचार

Plant glossary entries

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कर्कारुकोहडा कूष्माण्ड (कूष्माण्डक)पेठा

Related entries

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Kapha doshaकफ दोष

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 3 times on 3 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: Food
Categories: Vegetable
Source pages with records: 2
Pages naming it: 3
Chapters: Chapter 3 Chapter 4
Extraction tasks: T02, T03
Record id: ingredient_kushmanda