Post No. 11,783
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Abbreviations used:-
SB= SATAPATA BRAHMANA, AV=ATHARVANA VEDA, RV= RIGVEDA, SAM= SAMHITA, BR= BRAHMANA, UPA= UPANISHAD, TAI= TAITTRIYA, MAIT= MAITRAYANI, VAJA= VAJASNEYI, KAT= KATHAKA, AIT= AITARENYA
51.KAARSMAARYA
Gmelina arborea
Tait sam. 5-2-7-3 etc
Maitra. Sam.3-2-6-7 etc
SB.3-4-1-6 and four more places
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52.KAASA
Saccharum spontaneum,
RV. 10-100-10
Used for mats etc.
Furniture
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53.KHADIRA
Acacia catechu
RV.3-53-19
AV.3-6-1; 5-5-5;
And several more places in other sahitas
Arundhati climbs on it ; AV.5-5-5
Medicinal, timber
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54.KALAKHULVA
Dolichos biflorus
Brhad. Upa.
Pulse , fodder
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55.KHALVA
Canaka nispaava
Phaseolus radiatus
AV. 2-1; 5-23-8
Brhad. Upa. 6-3-32
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56.KHARJURA
Phoenix sylvestus
Tait. Sam. 2-4-9-2
Katha. Sam.11-10-36-7
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57.KIMSUKA
Butea frondose, B.monospera
RV.10-85-20 wedding mantra; bridal car adorned with its flowers; 5-97-5 leaves
AV.3-5-4-8 amulets; cover of sacrificial dishes.
Other samhitas as well
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58.KIYAMBHU
RV 10-6-13
AV. 18-3-6
Planted in the place where dead bodies are burnt; also in tait.sam
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59.KRSNALA
Abrus precatorius
Seeds used as standard units for currency
Kathaka and Taittri bra.
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60.KULMAASA
Phaseolus mumgo or variatus
Chandogya Upanishad 1-10-2-7
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61.KUMUDA
Nymphaea lotus
Mentioned with other plans in AV. 4-34-5 and in several other places.
Flower
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62.KUSA
Eragrosis cynosuroides
SB.2-5-2-15
Sacrificial
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63.KUSARA
Saccharum officinarum
Only once mentioned in the RV. 1-191-3
It is sugarcane; Bengalis use this name.
Use- production of sugar
to be continued…………………………………………
tags- Vedic Plants, Part 4, Lotus, Kusa, Sugarcane
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