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Lotus root (mṛṇāla, 'कमल की मूली') is listed first among the root vegetables.

The pox patient is anointed with ghee and laid on a bed covered with leather and lotus and blue lotus leaves.

Ghee cooked in a decoction of lotus, white lotus, blue lotus, liquorice and sariva, licked repeatedly with sugar, is said to calm pitta cough.

The editor suggests that this Rāmagiri may be the one where, according to the Padmapurāṇa, Rāmacandra had temples built. Though no more is known about the sage, he says it is certain that…

हिन्दी: नीलका वृक्ष, पीपल, वायची, जटामांसी, कालाजीरा, पद्मावती, दाख, नीली, सोंठ, कंभारी, कुटकी, श्यामलता, कालीसर, राई, काकोली, जौंक · मराठी: पापडी, कटुकी, शाहजिरें, लघु नीली, काळी तुळस,…

हिन्दी: पद्माख, कूठ, औषधि · मराठी: पद्मकाष्ठ, कोष्ठ, कमळावृक्ष, सरळ देवदार

हिन्दी: कमल केशर · मराठी: कमळकेशर

हिन्दी: कमलकन्द, भसीडा इत्यादि · मराठी: जायफळ, पद्मकन्द

हिन्दी: पुष्पकसीस, पत्थर का फूल, सफेद चंदन, पद्माख, मोती, खस · मराठी: पद्मकाष्ठ, मोती, चंदन, राळ, पीतवाळा, सोनचांफा, मसेनी कापुर

Verse 51 refers vicharchika, its variety vipadika, pama and kacchu back to the kushtha section.

Patha is one of the five plants in whose juice mercury is said to be fixed.

हिन्दी: पाठा, यूथिका, पाढा, जुही · मराठी: पहाडमूळ

A powder of mango seed kernel, lodhra, liquorice, sesame, padmaka, dhataki flowers, silk-cotton gum, bael pulp, priyangu, kutaja bark, ativisha and manjishtha, drunk with whey, is said to…

A Sanskrit verse in the glossary names the Kakolyadi group: kakoli, kshirakakoli, jivaka, rishabhaka, riddhi, vriddhi, meda, mahameda, guduchika, mudgaparni, mashaparni, padmaka,…

Lotus stalk, kalhara, padmaka, blue water lily, the chief milky trees, karkatashringi and sandalwood, ground with milk and mixed with ghee and sugar, are applied as a paste in pitta-type…

Lotus stalk, kalhara (white water lily), padmaka, blue water lily, the chief milky trees, karkatashringi and sandalwood, ground with milk and mixed with ghee and sugar, are applied as a…