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Herb
Varahikanda
बाराहीकंद · शूकरकन्द
Śūkarakanda (vārāhīkanda) is listed among the root vegetables.
Glossary entry
कन्या
घृतकुमारी
हिन्दी: घृतकुमारी, स्थूलैला, वाराहीकन्द, वन्ध्याकर्कोटकी, घीकुंवार, बड़ी इलायची, कन्द - गेंठी वृक्ष, वांझ ककसा · मराठी: वांझ कर्टोली, कोरफड, थोर एलची, बादांगुळ, डुकरकन्द, पतंग, गुळवेल
Glossary entry
ब्राह्मी
सोमवल्ली
हिन्दी: सोमवल्ली, महाज्योतिष्मती, मत्स्याक्षी, वाराही, हिलमोचिका, ब्राह्मी, मारंगी, सोमलता, बड़ी मालकांगनी, मछेली, वाराहीकन्द, हुलहुल शाक · मराठी: चान्दवेल, भारंग, कारिवणोकोशीं, बिरीचा…
Glossary entry
रोहिणी
कुटकी
हिन्दी: कुटकी, कायफर, वराहकान्ता, कुम्भेर, हरड, मजीठ, एक प्रकार की हरड, मांसरोहिणी, गले का रोग · मराठी: हर्तकी, मंजिष्ठ, थोर शिवण, कटुकी, मांसरोहिणी, बादांगुळ, कायफळ, गंडमाळा रोग,…
Food
Kanya
बडी इलायची अथवा बाराही कंद · कन्या
Kanyā, which the commentary glosses as either large cardamom or vārāhīkanda, is listed among flowers said to increase vata and kapha, calm pitta and blood, and expel worms from the belly.
Topic
Properties of drumstick and other flower vegetables
शिग्रु आदि पुष्पशाकों के गुण
Flowers of drumstick, golden shower, lisoḍā, silk-cotton, śamī (chhauṅkarā), lotus, tamarind, kanyā (glossed large cardamom or vārāhīkanda), agastya, sunn hemp, varuṇa and neem are said to…
Topic
Properties of wild potato and other tubers
आरण्यालु आदि कंदशाकों के गुण · आरण्यालु आदि कंदशाक गुण
Wild potato, varāṭikā, muraṭikā, bhūśarkarā (sweet potato), mānakanda, kuṇḍalī, namalikā, sūraṇa, garlic, amlikā, śvetāmlī, musalī, vārāhīkanda, kaṇikā, bhūkarṇī, hastikarṇī and similar…
Topic
Undertaking to describe vegetables; root vegetables
शाक वर्णन की प्रतिज्ञा; मूल शाक · शाक वर्णन प्रतिज्ञा (मूल शाक गुण)
Having described grains, the author undertakes to describe vegetables from roots to fruits. The roots (mūla) listed are lotus root, nālī (nāḍī) greens, potato and similar tubers,…
Formulation
Vajrī and other divine-herb rasāyana
वज्रादि रसायन
The divine herbs named in the verse are powdered; the commentary lists guḍūcī, gokshura, vidhārā, śatāvarī, black agaru, bhallātaka, red punarnavā, white punarnavā, vārāhīkanda and large…
Topic
Vajrī and other divine-herb rasāyana
वज्रादि रसायन
Ten divine herbs named in the commentary (guḍūcī, gokshura, vidhārā, śatāvarī, black agaru, bhallātaka, red and white punarnavā, vārāhīkanda and large cardamom), powdered in equal parts and…