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Herbवनस्पति

Shati (spiked ginger lily)

कचूर (शटी) · शटी

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
शटीकर्चूरगन्धपलाशीषड्ग्रन्था
Hindi
कचूरशटीकपूर कचरी
English
Shatizedoaryshatikachur
Romanized
shatikachurkarchura

What the text says

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Properties1

  • Kacūra leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove pitta, increase kapha, give strength and suit those with blood disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 57 · v. 34Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Preparation1

  • Kapurakachari with meshashringi, ground in breast milk and applied as a paste, is said to split even the hard diamond.

    Chapter 24 · p. 577 · v. 41Sanskrit verseTraditional description

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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Plant glossary, letter section च (entries 1–17: चक्रमर्द to चोर)Plant glossary, letter section द (entries 1–20: दर्भ to द्विरज)Plant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, क entries 28–41 (कर्कोटी to काकादनी)Plant glossary, ख entries 1–8 and ग entries 1–4 (खदिर to गवादनी)Plant glossary, व section, entries 1–53 (वकुला to व्योष)Plant glossary, श section, entries 1–55 (शक्रमर्द to श्वेताम्ली)Properties of bandhūka and other leaf vegetablesResults of sarana; processing with gems

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 8 times on 5 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Extraction notes

  • The verse word glossed कचूर is unclear (OCR वधवा, with a variant reading in footnote 7).
  • The verse writes मुराग्रज; the commentary glosses it कपूरकचरी, which the lexicon lists under shati.

Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
Medicinal plantRoot or tuberAromatic
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
5
Extraction tasks
T03, T27
Record id
ingredient_shati