Wounds, burns, Pitta, and Prameha · Sushruta's thirty-seven ganas
| System | Sushruta's thirty-seven ganas |
| Source | Sushruta Samhita, Sutrasthana 38 (Dravyasangrahaniya) |
| Dravya | 23 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Nyagrodha | Vata Ficus benghalensis L. |
| Udumbara contested | Udumbara Ficus racemosa L. |
| Ashvattha | Ashvattha Ficus religiosa L. |
| Plaksha | Plaksha Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham. |
| Madhuka contested | Madhuka Madhuca longifolia (J.Koenig ex L.) J.F.Macbr. |
| Kapitana | Shirisha Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. |
| Kakubha | Arjuna Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn. |
| Amra | Amra Mangifera indica L. |
| Koshamra | not yet written up in this library |
| Chorakapatra | not yet written up in this library |
| Jambu | Jambu Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels |
| Piyala | not yet written up in this library |
| Rohini | Katuki Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D.Y.Hong |
| Vanjula | Ashoka Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde |
| Kadamba | Kadamba Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser |
| Badari | not yet written up in this library |
| Tinduki | not yet written up in this library |
| Sallaki | not yet written up in this library |
| Rodhra | Lodhra Symplocos racemosa Roxb. |
| Savararodhra | Lodhra Symplocos racemosa Roxb. |
| Bhallataka | Bhallataka Semecarpus anacardium L.f. |
| Palasha | Palasha Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. |
| Nandivriksha | not yet written up in this library |
Udumbara
Udumbara is Ficus racemosa here, in a group of latex-bearing trees. It is also a classical name for copper — Sushruta uses Tamra rather than Udumbara in Trapvadi, but the synonym is why the two can be confused in a nighantu.
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 Savararodhra beside Rodhra; both resolve to the same entry in this library. This group also lists Rodhra beside Savararodhra; both resolve to the same entry in this library. The texts may intend two varieties or two parts of one plant.
7 of these 23 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.