Tilaja

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: तिलजा
Hindi: तिलवासिनी शाली
English: Tilaja

What the text says

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Definition1

The commentary explains tilaja as tilavasini shali, the paddy within which the til lives.
Chapter 25 · p. 593 · v. 41Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Safety

Identity uncertain. The name could refer to more than one plant, so no botanical identity is asserted.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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Formulations containing it

Alkali (kshara) kalpaक्षार कल्प

Other ingredients used together

Count of shared preparations.

Kokilaksha (marsh barbel)तालमखाना (कोकिलाक्ष)×1 Sugarcane (ikshu)गन्ना (इक्षु)×1 Musaliमूसली×1 Apamarga (prickly chaff flower)चिरचिटा (अपामार्ग)×1 Nirgundi (five-leaved chaste tree)निर्गुंडी (संभालू)×1 Banana (kadali)केला (कदली)×1 Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क)×1 Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म)×1 Eranda (castor plant)एरंड (एरण्ड)×1 Chitraka (white leadwort)चित्रक (चीता)×1 Sesame (tila)तिल×1 Water (jala)जल (पानी)×1 Alkali preparations (kshara)क्षार (खार)×1 Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड)×1 Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल)×1 Trijata (three aromatics)त्रिजात (दालचीनी, इलायची, तेजपात)×1 Musta (nut grass)नागरमोथा (मुस्ता)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

Method of the alkali (kshara) kalpaक्षार कल्प का विधान

Course sessions

Special preparationsकल्पसिद्धाधिकार

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 2 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Book page 593Chapter 25×2… यरोगवल्लभगणान् जित्वा चिरं जीवति॥ 42॥ भावार्थ : तालमखाना, ईख, मूसली, तिलजा (तिलवासिनी शाली-तिल जिसके अंदर रहता है, वह धान, चिरचिरा, सम्हालू, वेल …

All references

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

Chapter 25 · p. 593 · v. 41

Extraction notes

Named among the drugs burnt for the kshara kalpa; the commentary's explanation is given as written and the plant is not identified further.

Quick facts

Content type: Food
Source pages with records: 1
Pages naming it: 1
Chapters: Chapter 25
Extraction tasks: T28
Record id: ingredient_tilaja