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Dates (khajūrī) are named in the verse among fruits said to be heavy to digest, to produce semen and to increase kapha greatly; the commentary's list omits them.

The introduction says the gross dhātus appear in increasing order as animal bodies become more complex: some creatures have only rasa and rakta, some rasa, rakta and māṁsa, and some rasa,…

Equal parts of amalaki, gokshura, dates, priyala, liquorice, blue lotus, bharangi and long pepper are powdered and taken with ghee and sugar on a milk diet; this is said to destroy cough…

Marshy land has abundant cold water and ground that is always muddy and hard to cross; very tender grasses, shrubs and creepers; banyan, pāṭalī, pārijāta, aśoka, clove, jasmine, mango,…

Fruits of grapes, banana (moca), mahua, gambhārī (kumbher), dates (named in the verse), water chestnut, coconut, jackfruit, hintāla and palmyra are said to be heavy to digest, to produce…

The editor says the Jain sages, so that no creature, not even a one-sensed being, should suffer in making medicines, composed a Puṣpāyurveda giving rasāyana preparations from pollen-free…

The editor dates the author: Ugrāditya cites the medical works of Pūjyapāda, Samantabhadra and other ācāryas presumed to be earlier than the sixth century, and the closing prose sentence…

Equal parts of amalaki, gokshura, dates, priyala, liquorice, blue lotus, bharangi and long pepper are powdered; one aksha (the commentary says one tola) is taken with ghee and sugar while…