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Kanaka (dhatūrā) is said to hold poison in its fruit, leaves and flowers.

हिन्दी: धत्तूरा · मराठी: श्वेत धोत्रा, धोत्रा

हिन्दी: धतूरा, खैर का वृक्ष, ढेरा वृक्ष, मौलसिरी का पेड़, मोम, मैनफल वृक्ष · मराठी: गेळ, मेण, खैर, श्वेत धोत्रा, कुन्द, बकूळ, मधुमक्षिका, अंकोल, दवणा, कावळाशल्य, कोशाम्र, कालिंग, सरल…

Blood is counted along with the doshas and called a dosha; because it is vitiated by vāta and the other vitiators, the same blood is also called a tissue (dhātu).

The text defines rasa as the extremely subtle essence of food that is made of the five elements, of four kinds, endowed with the six tastes, with eight or two kinds of potency and many…

हिन्दी: ढाक वृक्ष, नागकेशर वृक्ष, धतूरे का वृक्ष, लाल कचनार वृक्ष, कलंबक, पीला चन्दन, चंपा वृक्ष, कसौंदी वृक्ष, कणगूगल, पलासमेद · मराठी: राळ, सोनकमळ, नागकेशर, श्वेत धोत्रा, पीत कोरंटा, काळा…

हिन्दी: श्याम तमाल, धत्तूरा वृक्ष, केशर · मराठी: श्वेत धोत्रा, मुळें व फळें यांचे कढण काढितात तो, पेंड

हिन्दी: धतूरे की जड़ · मराठी: धतूरेची मूळ

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,…

Every morning the teeth are cleaned with a faultless tooth-stick suited to the doshas, which the commentary explains as sticks of neem, babul, karanja, arjuna and the like that counter…

Decoctions of kasha, darbha, utkata, sugarcane root, pashanabheda, gokshura, sariva, sandalwood, shirisha, dhattura, kurantaka, shami, musta, patha, banana root, vidaraka, nagakesara, ash…

A paste of the root of langali (kalihari) is applied to the pregnant woman's abdomen and soles, and the root of dhattura or of apamarga is placed on her head; it is given under the…

Removing an obstructed fetus lying among the intestines, liver and spleen is very hard; the physician is to explain the difficulty to the king and the relatives, smear his nail-trimmed hand…