Breaking up and evacuating · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Suvaha contested | Rasna Pluchea lanceolata (DC.) C.B.Clarke |
| Arka | Arka Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton |
| Urubuka | Eranda Ricinus communis L. |
| Agnimukhi | not yet written up in this library |
| Chitra | Eranda Ricinus communis L. |
| Chitraka | Chitraka Plumbago zeylanica L. |
| Chirabilva | Karanja Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi |
| Shankhini | not yet written up in this library |
| Shakuladani | not yet written up in this library |
| Swarnakshiri | not yet written up in this library |
Suvaha
Suvaha is read as Rasna by some commentators and as Trivrit by others. In Bhedaniya, where the group breaks up and evacuates, Trivrit fits the karma. The library holds both; neither reading is settled.
This group also lists Chitra beside Urubuka; both resolve to the same entry in this library. This group also lists Urubuka beside Chitra; both resolve to the same entry in this library. The texts may intend two varieties or two parts of one plant.
4 of these 10 names are not yet written up in Laisha's dravya library. The group is printed whole either way, because a gana with members quietly left out is not the gana.