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Manjishtha (Indian madder)

मंजीठ (मञ्जिष्ठा) · मञ्जिष्ठा

Rubia cordifolia · Rubiaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
मञ्जिष्ठामंजिष्ठासमङ्गाविकसाकालमेषिकायोजनवल्लीचित्रलता
Hindi
मंजीठमञ्जिष्ठामजीठमंजिष्ठा
English
Manjishthaindian maddermanjisthamanjishtha
Romanized
manjishthamanjisthamajith
Marathi
मंजिष्ठा

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  • Mañjiṣṭhā (verse citralatā) is named among the five bṛhatīs, said to suit kapha disorders, remove kuṣṭha, destroy worms, counter poison and always suit fever.

    Chapter 4 · p. 58 · v. 37Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Antidote against snake poisonBinding enemaBrāhmī and other rasāyanaPlant glossary, letter section च (entries 1–17: चक्रमर्द to चोर)Plant glossary, अ entries 17–33 (अजाजी to अभया)Plant glossary, म entries 31–59 (मातुलुंग to मांसी)Plant glossary, र section, entries 1–18 (रक्तचन्दन to रंभा)Plant glossary, ल section, entries 1–14 (लकुच to लुंग)Plant glossary, स section, entries 1–48 (सद्धातकीकुसुम to स्नुही)Properties of the five bṛhatīs; brinjalWound-healing drugs

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Named 22 times on 20 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 plantRoot
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
20
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_manjishtha