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Nili

नीली

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
नीलीनीलिका
Hindi
नीलीनीलनीलीवृक्ष
English
NiliNili plantNili (indigo plant)

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Named 28 times on 22 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Extraction notes

  • Its root (नीलीमूल, commentary नीली का मूल) is an ingredient of the powder for kushtha on PDF page 247; the text gives no further description.
  • Not found in the lexicon; its root is used for apachi in verse 20 (PDF 317).
  • Ingredient of the collyrium in verse 135 (सनीलिकं), rendered नीली by the commentary.
  • Named among ghost-conquering drugs for the Putana bath (PDF 467, verse 90).
  • Named as an ingredient of Ugravishari ghrita; the verse reads सुनीली.
  • Ingredient of the Shvetadi antidote (v122).

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Source pages with records
0
Pages naming it
22
Extraction tasks
T08, T09, T12, T14, T19, T20, T21
Record id
ingredient_nili