Nourishing and bulk-building · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Kshirini | Kshirakakoli Fritillaria roylei Hook. |
| Rajakshavaka | not yet written up in this library |
| Ashvagandha | Ashwagandha Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal |
| Kakoli | Kakoli Roscoea purpurea Sm. |
| Kshirakakoli | Kshirakakoli Fritillaria roylei Hook. |
| Vatyayani | not yet written up in this library |
| Bhadraudani | not yet written up in this library |
| Bharadvaji | not yet written up in this library |
| Payasya contested | Kshirakakoli Fritillaria roylei Hook. |
| Rishyagandha | not yet written up in this library |
This group also lists Kshirakakoli, Payasya beside Kshirini; both resolve to the same entry in this library. This group also lists Kshirini, Payasya beside Kshirakakoli; both resolve to the same entry in this library. This group also lists Kshirini, Kshirakakoli beside Payasya; both resolve to the same entry in this library. The texts may intend two varieties or two parts of one plant.
5 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.