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Herbवनस्पति

Palasha (flame of the forest)

ढाक (पलाश) · पलाश

Butea monosperma · Fabaceae

Extracted from the text2 references

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
पलाशकिंशुकपर्णयाज्ञिकब्रह्मवृक्ष
Hindi
ढाकपलाशटेसूछोला
English
Palashaflame of the forestpalashbutea
Romanized
palashapalashdhaktesu
Marathi
पळस

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Preparation2

  • The sticky juice of palasha seeds is said to kill mercury quickly.

    Chapter 24 · p. 570 · v. 5Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • The juice of meghaninadika, which the commentary names palasha, is one of five plant juices said always to make mercury pass into the kinds of metal.

    Chapter 24 · p. 578 · v. 45Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Madhukadi fumigation wickPalasha alkali pastePlant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, क entries 1–12 (कक्कोल to कनक)Plant glossary, क entries 96–108 (कर्णिका to केंबुक)Plant glossary, म entries 31–59 (मातुलुंग to मांसी)Plant glossary, र section, entries 1–18 (रक्तचन्दन to रंभा)Plant glossary, ह section, entries 1–15 (हट to हिंताल)Sharkaradi pasteSwooning and killing of mercuryTransfer (sankramana) of mercuryTreatment of knotted and pus-like semen

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 33 times on 27 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

  • The verse word is मेघनिनादिका.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantSeedFlowerBark
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
27
Chapters
Chapter 24
Extraction tasks
T27
Record id
ingredient_palasha