Kustha- Costus Plant
Post No. 11,787
Date uploaded in London – – 9 MARCH 2023
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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
64.KUSTHA
Costus specious
C.arabicus
Sausaeria auriculata
AV5-4;6-10219-39-1 grows in mountains along with Soma
4-12-8;19-39-1 as a remedy highest place among herbs
Cures headache,diseases of the eyes,bodily affection
5-5-4-10 fever and consumption, Yaksma
All healing- Visva besaja
aromatic 19-39-9
Classed with salve,/anjana and Nalada/nard 6-102-3
All the above from atharva veda
Medicinal, drug
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65.LAKSMANA
A plant having red spots upon its leaves
AV 2-25-3 against abortion
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66.MADAAVATI
Grape wine?
Intoxicating plant,creeper
AV 6-16-2;4-7-4
May be grape wine
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67.MADHUGA
Honey plant,sweet herb, a fruit?
AV 1-34-4;6-122-3
Mashup-dugha occurs in RV 6;70-1-5
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68.MADHUKA
Bastia latifolia
AV 1-34-5- a love spell with this plant
Intoxicating drink is made from its flowers .
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69.MANJISTHA
Rubin cordifolia
Ait.bra.3-2-4
Sank.bra 7-7
Dye stuff
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70.MASAPARNI
Teramnus labialis
AV 2-25-3
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71.MASURA
Lens esculenta
Vaj.sam 18-12
Brha.Upanishad 6-3-22
Pulse,cereal
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72.MASUSYA
A grain of the north country
Taittiriya.bra.3-8-14-6
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73.Nada
Phragmatis maxima
RV.1-32-8;179-9;2-34-3;8-69-2;10-11-2;106-9
Nirukta 5-2
Nada is reed boat according to Pischel-1-32-8 in RV
Another is whip made up of Nada in 2-34-3
Max Muller also read it as reed in 10-11-2
But in RV10-105-4 and 10-11-2 idea of a river is clearly indicated.
In bengal and other places palmyra is used for such purposes.
Use Boats, furnitures
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74.Nalada
Naladi
Nardostachys jatamansi
AV 6-102-3
In aranyakas used for garland.
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75.Naraaci
A poisonous plant
AV 5-31-4
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76.Nilakalasala
Neelagalasala
Grain creeper
AV 6-16-4 according to Whitney
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77.Nispava
See under Khalsa
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78.Nivara
A variety of wild paddy
Kath sam.12-4
Maitrayini.sam.2-4-10
Vajasneyi sam.18-12
SB.5-1-4-14;3-3-5
Also Taittiriya br.1-3-6-7 etc
Cereal
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79.Nyagrodha
A huge tree with hanging roots
Ficus bengalensis
RV 1-24-7;Pischel 1-113,114
AV 4-37-4;5-5-5
Aitareya Brahmana 7-30-31
SB.5-3-5-13;8-2-7-3
Chandogya Upanishad 6-12-1
Also Taittiriya, Vajasneyi samhitas
Sacrificial
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To be continued……………………………
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