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Vatsanabha (Indian aconite)
बच्छनाग (वत्सनाभ) · वत्सनाभ
The verse says vatsanābha, one of the tuber poisons, makes the eyes, faeces and urine yellow and the neck rigid and immovable.
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Signs of sarṣapaka and vatsanābha poisons
सर्षपक और वत्सनाभ विष के लक्षण · सर्षपक-वत्सनाभ विषजन्य लक्षण
Sarṣapaka poison causes many vāta disorders, bloating, colic and eruptions. The verse assigns yellow eyes, faeces and urine and a rigid, immovable neck to vatsanābha; the commentary runs…
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Plant and mineral poisons (sthavara visha)
स्थावर विष · स्थावरविष
Immobile (sthāvara) poison is described as tenfold by the part in which it resides, each kind with its own signs; tuber poisons are thirteen, and all are said to kill untimely.
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Quoted formula (Basavarājīya, 6th prakaraṇa, p.111), headed as Pūjyapāda's: Trikaṭukādi nasya…
Quoted formula (Basavarājīya, 6th prakaraṇa, p.111), headed as Pūjyapāda's: Trikaṭukādi nasya for vāta and other disorders. Fifteen ingredients in equal parts, the three pungents, citraka,…
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The thirteen tuber poisons and the signs of kālakūṭa
तेरह प्रकार के कंद विष और कालकूट के लक्षण · त्रयोदशविध कंदज विष व कालकूट लक्षण
Tuber poisons are very dreadful and of thirteen kinds: kālakūṭa, karkaṭaka, sarṣapaka, kardamaka, vatsanābha, mūlaka, puṇḍarīka, mahāviṣa, sambhā (śṛṅgī), mustaka, hālāhala, pālaka and…
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Which are the thirteen tuber poisons?
तेरह कंद विष कौन-कौन से हैं?
Kālakūṭa, karkaṭaka, sarṣapaka, kardamaka, vatsanābha, mūlaka, puṇḍarīka, mahāviṣa, sambhā (śṛṅgī), mustaka, hālāhala, pālaka and vairāṭaka.