Correcting the colour of urine · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Padma | Padma Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. |
| Utpala | Kushtha Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch. |
| Nalina | Padma Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. |
| Kumuda | not yet written up in this library |
| Saugandhika | not yet written up in this library |
| Pundarika | not yet written up in this library |
| Shatapatra | not yet written up in this library |
| Madhuka contested | Yashtimadhu Glycyrrhiza glabra L. |
| Priyangu | Priyangu Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl |
| Dhataki | Dhataki Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz |
Madhuka
Madhuka is both Yashtimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and Madhuka (Madhuca longifolia). Through the mahakashaya and most ganas it is read as Yashtimadhu. In Nyagrodhadi, a group of latex-bearing trees, it is Madhuca longifolia — the group decides the reading.
This group also lists Nalina beside Padma; both resolve to the same entry in this library. This group also lists Padma beside Nalina; 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.