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Maricha (black pepper)

काली मिर्च (मरिच) · मरिच

Piper nigrum · Piperaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
मरिचमरीचऊषणकोलकवेल्लज
Hindi
काली मिर्चमरिचकालीमिर्चमिरचमिर्चगोलमिर्चकालीमिरच
English
Marichablack pepperpeppermaricha
Romanized
marichakali mirchmirch
Marathi
मिरी

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Properties1

  • Black pepper (verse ūṣaṇa) is listed among vegetables described as hot and sharp, especially removing kapha and vata, kindling digestion and always provoking blood disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 59 · v. 40Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Formulations containing it

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Avapidana nasya of black pepper, dry ginger and long pepper (unnamed)Bharangyadi powderDecoction of cardamom and others for kapha fever (unnamed)Eladi powderEnema mixture (unnamed)Fumigation for fever caused by spirits (unnamed)Fumigation that destroys mouth diseasesHead-purging nasya powder (unnamed)Kalyana lavana (Kalyana salt)Kandunashaka anjana (collyrium wick against itching)Khala (spiced buttermilk)Kritayusha (seasoned pulse soup)Kshayaroganashaka curdLong pepper collyrium for pishtakaMilk cooked with rock salt, asafoetida, pepper, ativisha, ajamoda and dry ginger (unnamed)Mouthfuls, gargles, affusion and pastes of mustard and others (unnamed)Paste of patha, ajamoda, black pepper, amalaki and haritaki (unnamed)Sauvarnadi pill

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Fumigation that destroys mouth diseasesPlant glossary, letter section त (entries 1–41: तगर to त्वक्)Plant glossary, letter section म, entries 1–30 (मगधोद्भवा to माणकी)Plant glossary, उ 2–10, ऊ 1, ए 1–2 and ऐ 1 (उग्रगन्ध to ऐरावती)Plant glossary, क entries 1–12 (कक्कोल to कनक)Plant glossary, क entries 71–82 (कुलहला to केतकी)Plant glossary, क entries 83–95 (केसर to कांजीरक)Plant glossary, म entries 31–59 (मातुलुंग to मांसी)Plant glossary, व section, entries 1–53 (वकुला to व्योष)Plant glossary, श section, entries 1–55 (शक्रमर्द to श्वेताम्ली)Properties of khalaProperties of pīlu, ginger, garlic and other pungent vegetables

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 83 times on 67 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

Which three items does the glossary list for कटुत्रिक?

सोंठ (dry ginger), मिरच (black pepper) and पीपल (long pepper), together called त्रिकटु.

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What three items make up त्रिजातक according to the glossary?

दालचीनी, इलायची and तेजपात (Marathi दालचिनी, तमालपत्र, एलची).

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What does the glossary give for व्योष?

सोंठ, मिरच and पीपल, that is त्रिकटु, the three pungents.

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Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantSpice
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
67
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_maricha