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सा एव चन्द्र चित्रा चन्द्र उत्तरा ॥

when Kadali bears variegated moonlike spots.

english translation

कदली त्रि भागा शाकुला कोठ मण्डल चित्रा कृत कर्णिका अजिन चित्रा वा । इति ॥

it is called Chandrottarakadali and is one-third of its length; Sákulá is variegated with large round spots similar to those that manifest themselves in a kind of leprosy (kushtha), or is furnished with tendrils and spotted like a deer's skin.

english translation

सामूरं चीनसी सामूली च बाह्लवेयाः ॥

Sámúra, Chínasi, and Sámúli are (skins procured from Báhlava, (Bahlaveya).

english translation

षट् त्रिंशद् अङ्गुलम् अञ्जन वर्णं सामूरम् ॥

Sámúra is thirty-six angulas long and black.

english translation

चीनसी रक्त काली पाण्डु काली वा ॥

Chínasi is reddish black or blackish white.

english translation