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Mustard seed (sarshapa)

सरसों (सर्षप) · सर्षप

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Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
सर्षपसिद्धार्थराजिकाकटुस्नेह
Hindi
सरसोंसर्षपसफेद सरसोंराई
English
Mustard seedmustardmustard seedsarshapa
Romanized
sarshapasarsonrai
Marathi
मोहरी

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Properties1

  • Leaves of rāī and of white mustard are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 56 · v. 33Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Amulet and offering against the Putana grahaAmulet and offering against the Rakshasa grahaCauses of eye diseasesDissolving and ripening preparationFumigation against the Kinnara grahaGargles and mouthfuls in kapha-type abhishyandaHow a gargle is heldPlant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, क entries 1–12 (कक्कोल to कनक)Plant glossary, क entries 71–82 (कुलहला to केतकी)Plant glossary, क्ष section, entries 1–12 (क्षणदा to क्षुरक)Plant glossary, ग entries 19–29 (गोशृंग to गुंजा)

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 42 times on 36 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Extraction notes

  • Named by the bhavartha as a sharp food that ripens coryza (verse 98, PDF 417).
  • Merged from ingredient_rajika.

Quick facts

Content type
Food
Categories
SeedSpiceOils and fats
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
36
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03, T16
Record id
ingredient_sarshapa