Charak Samhita

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कर्कोटकावल्गुजकौपटोलंशकुलादनी वृषपुष्पाणिशार्ङ्गेष्टाकेम्बूकंसकठिल्लकम् ॥९६॥

sponge gourd (karkotaka, Momordica dioca Roxb), avalgujaka-bakuchi seeds (Psoralea corylifolia Linn.), patolam-pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) and shakuladani- kurroa (Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth), the flowers of vasaka (Adhatoda vasika Nees), sharngeshtha (Dregia volubilis (Linn.f) Benth), kebuka (Ipomoea aquatica Forsk), hog’s weed (kathillaka, Boerhavia diffusa Linn.),

english translation

karkoTakAvalgujakaupaTolaMzakulAdanI vRSapuSpANizArGgeSTAkembUkaMsakaThillakam ||96||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

नाडीकलायंगोजिह्वावार्ताकंतिलपर्णिका। कौलकंकार्कशंनैम्बंशाकंपार्पटकंचयत् ॥९७॥

wild tossa jute (nadi shaka, Corchorus olitarious Linn.), chickling vetch (kalaya, Lathyrus sativus Linn.), elephant’s foot (gojihva, Launaea asplenifolia Hook.f.), brinjal (vartaka, Solanum melongena Linn.) and dog mustard (tilaparnika, Cleome icosandra Linn.), carilla (kaulakam, Momordia charantia Linn.), karkasa (Momordica sp.), neem leaves (nimbashakam, Azadirachta indica A.Juss) and trailing rungia (parpatakam, Fumaria vaillantti Loisel):

english translation

nADIkalAyaMgojihvAvArtAkaMtilaparNikA| kaulakaMkArkazaMnaimbaMzAkaMpArpaTakaMcayat ||97||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

कफपित्तहरंतिक्तंशीतंकटुविपच्यते। सर्वाणिसूप्यशाकानिफञ्जीचिल्लीकुतुम्बकः ॥९८॥

these are regulators of kapha and pitta, bitter in taste, cold in potency and pungent on digestion. All pot-herbs: bind weed (phanji, Rivea ornata (Roxb.) chois), chilli/white goose foot (Chenopodium album Linn.), white dead nettle shrub (kutumbaka, Lamium album L.)

english translation

kaphapittaharaMtiktaMzItaMkaTuvipacyate| sarvANisUpyazAkAniphaJjIcillIkutumbakaH ||98||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

आलुकानिचसर्वाणिसपत्राणिकुटिञ्जरम् । शणशाल्मलिपुष्पाणिकर्बुदारःसुवर्चला ॥९९॥

all tubers of aluka (Dioscoria species) variety with their leaves, kutinjara patra (Digeria muricate (Linn.) Mart), Bengal hemp plant (shana, Chotalaria verrucosa Linn.), flowers of silk cotton (shalmalipushpa, Salmalia malabarica Schott), white mountain ebony (karbudara, Bauhinia variegata Linn.), heliotrope (suvarchala, Malva rotundifolia Linn.),

english translation

AlukAnicasarvANisapatrANikuTiJjaram | zaNazAlmalipuSpANikarbudAraHsuvarcalA ||99||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

निष्पावःकोविदारश्चपत्तुरश्चुच्चुपर्णिका। कुमारजीवोलोट्टाकःपालङ्क्यामारिषस्तथा ॥१००॥

lablab (nishpava, Dolichos lablab Linn.),variegated mountain ebony ( kovidara, Bauhinia purpurea Linn), coxcomb (pattura, Alternanthra sessilis (Linn.) R.Br.ex DC), multa jute (chunchuparnika, Corchorus Sp.), kumarajiva (Amaranthus paniculatus Linn.), lottaka (Amaranthus tricolor Linn.), spinach (palankya, Spinacia oleracea Linn.), marisha- amaranth (Amaranthus blitus Linn. var. oleracea Duthie),

english translation

niSpAvaHkovidArazcapatturazcuccuparNikA| kumArajIvoloTTAkaHpAlaGkyAmAriSastathA ||100||

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