Sarasaparilla
Post No. 11,795
Date uploaded in London – – 11 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
101.PUTADA,PUTRAJANI,PUTRAKANDA
UCDutta identified the plants with U.lagopodiodes.
AV. 2-25-3 prescribed againstabortion and other maladies
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102.PUTUDRU
Pinus sp.
AV 8-2-8
Also Taittiriya, Maitrayini and Kaus.Sutra
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103.ROHITAKA
Aphanamixis polystachia
Maitrayini samhita 3-9-3
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104.RAJJUDAALA
Cordia oblique
SB.13-4-4-16
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105.SADA
RV.9-15-6
Vajasneyi samhita 25-1
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106.SADAMPUSPA
Ever flowering plant
AV. 4-20-9 against Pisaca/ supernatural agency
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107.SAHA
According toRoth the name of a plant
AV.11-6-15; Sama Vidhana Brahmana 2-6-10
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108.SAHADEVA
A plant
RV. 1-100-17
Samavidhana brahmana 2-6-10
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109.SAHADEVI
See under Arundhati
AV.6-59-2
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110.SAHAMANA
A plant AV.2-25-2;4-7-2; 8-2-6;;7-5
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111.SAIRYA
Species of grass infested with insects
RV.1-151-3
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112.SAALMALI
Bombax ceiba
Fruit poisonous in RV.7-50-3; bridal car made of its wood.RV 10-85-20
Taittiriya samhita 7-4-12-1
Vajasneyi samhita 23-13
SB.13-2-7-4
Used as timber
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113.SALANJALA
Grain creeper
AV.6-16-4
Kaus Sutra 2-16
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114.SAALI
Oryza sativa
A later word for paddy conjectured by Roth to be equivalent
To saari in the word Saarisaakaa in the AV
Cereal
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115.SAALUUKA
Nymphaea lotus
AV.4-34-5
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116.SAMI
Prosopis spicigera
Mimosa suma
AV.6-11-1;30–2-3; 6-30-2,3as producing intoxication.
In fire kindling it forms the lower wood
It is found in many samhitas.
Wood
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117.SANA
Hemp.
Crotolaria junca
AV.2-4-5
Remedy against Viskandha
SB.3-2-1-11; 1-6-1-24;2,15
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118.SAANDADUURVA
Cyperus rotandus
AV.18-3-6
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119.SANKHAPUSPIKA
Hemp?
AV.7-38-5
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120.SAPHAKA
Trapa bispinosa
AV.4-39-5
Apas.srautha sutra
9-14-14
Fruit
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121.SARA
Saccharin arundanaceum
RV.1-191-3
AV.4-7-4
Many samhitas
Arrow shaft in AV1-2-1;3-1
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122.SARASSAPARILLA
Chandogya Upanishad 3-14-3
Sad.brahmana v-2
Medicinal
To be continued……………………………………………Tags- Vedic plants-7, Saraparilla, hemp
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