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Herbवनस्पति

Padma (lotus)

कमल (पद्म) · पद्म

Nelumbo nucifera · Nelumbonaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
पद्मकमलअरविन्दपङ्कजसरोरुहनलिनअम्बुजराजीवमृणालशालूक
Hindi
कमलपद्मकमल के फूलकमल गट्टाकमलगट्टाभसींडकमल की मूलीकमलकंद
English
Padmalotussacred lotuspadma
Romanized
padmakamalkamalgatta
Marathi
कमळ

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Classification1

  • Lotus root (mṛṇāla, 'कमल की मूली') is listed first among the root vegetables.

    Chapter 4 · p. 54 · v. 27Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Properties2

  • Lotus tuber (śālūka, 'कमलकंद') heads the tubers described as heavy to digest, cold, kapha-increasing, sweet, suitable in raktapitta, helping to pass stool and urine, and semen-increasing.

    Chapter 4 · p. 54 · v. 28Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • Lotus flowers (verse śālūka; commentary कमलकंदादि) are listed among flowers said to increase vata and kapha, calm pitta and blood, and expel worms from the belly.

    Chapter 4 · p. 57 · v. 35Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Formulations containing it

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Alkali (kshara) kalpaDecoction of coriander and others for pitta fever (unnamed)Drakshadi preparationFormula that destroys pitta-type stoneGhee cooked in a lotus and liquorice decoctionGhee that brings lustre to the faceGhee with trikatu, triphala, agnimantha, lotus and mustaGuduchi and lotus paste for an even burnHair-blackening oilJambvadi pasteKhas, licorice and lodhra paste (footnote)Licorice and sandalwood drink in rice water for vishuchikaLotus, nagakesara and sandal pasteMaha aksha taila (great bibhitaki oil)Mrinaladi paste and rasakriyaMustadi pasteMutramayaghna gheePerfumed drinking water

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Method of the alkali (kshara) kalpaOther cooling measures for pittaPaste and rasakriya in pitta-type abhishyandaPitta-removing niruha enemaPlant glossary, letter section ज (entries 1–11: जटा to जंघारूहा)Plant glossary, letter section न (entries 1–35: नक्त to न्यग्रोध)Plant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, letter section भ (entries 1–16: भद्रक to भ्रमर)Plant glossary, अ entries 1–16 (अंकोल to अग्निमन्थ)Plant glossary, आ 22–25, इ 1–8 and उ 1 (आसनतरु to उग्र)Plant glossary, क entries 28–41 (कर्कोटी to काकादनी)Plant glossary, क entries 57–70 (किरात to कुरंट)

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 76 times on 59 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

  • These properties concern the root and tuber eaten as vegetables, so they are kept in the claims rather than the record-level properties.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantFlowerSeedRoot
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
59
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_padma