[Qualities of the legumes] All varieties of legumes are sweet, cold in potency, heavy, destructive of strength, and dehydrating. They should be taken only by strong persons and in conjunction with unctuous articles.
The shimbi jataya (variety of legumes) is dry, astringent in taste, provokesvata in the abdomen and is an anaphrodisiac. It also, is not good for the eye and causes slow and irregular digestion.
Pigeon-pea (Cajanus cajan Linn. Mill Sp) is useful in curing kapha and pitta and stimulates vata, while avalguja (bakuchi seeds, Psoralea corylifolia Linn.) seeds and the seeds of edagaja (wild senna, Cassia tora Linn) are effective in curing kapha and vata. The lablab (Dolichos lablab Linn. Var. typicus Prain.) stimulates vata and pitta.
Sword bean (Mucuna monosperma DC), linseed (Linum usitatissimum Linn) and cowage (Mucuna prurita Hook) can be considered similar in effect to black gram. [34] Thus, the second group of pulses i.e. dicotyledons, expounded by the learned sage.
[Class of mamsa (meat)] Listed now are the “tearer” beasts (i.e., beasts that can rend/tear with their horns/jaws/horns) that are sources of meat fit for human consumption : the cow (Bos taurus), the ass (Asinus equidae), the mule, the camel (Camelus dromedarius), the horse (Equus caballus), the panther (Felis pardus), the lion (Felis leo), the bear (Melusus labiatus), the monkey (Semnopithecus sp), the wolf (Canis lupus), the tiger (Felis tigris), the hyena (Hyaena striata), the large brown mongoose (Herpestes mungo), the cat (Felis domesticus), the mouse (Mus musculus),