Sustaining progeny · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Aindri | Brahmi Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell |
| Brahmi contested | Brahmi Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell |
| Shatavirya | not yet written up in this library |
| Sahasravirya | not yet written up in this library |
| Amogha contested | Patala Stereospermum chelonoides (L.f.) DC. |
| Avyatha | not yet written up in this library |
| Shiva | Amalaki Phyllanthus emblica L. |
| Arishta contested | Nimba Azadirachta indica A.Juss. |
| Vatyapushpi | Atibala Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet |
| Vishvaksenakanta | not yet written up in this library |
Brahmi
Brahmi is Bacopa monnieri in most of India and Centella asiatica in the south and in Kerala practice. Both are in this library and they are different plants with different actions.
Amogha
Amogha is read as Patala in Prajasthapana; Vidanga also carries the name.
Arishta
Arishta is read as Nimba here. It is also a name for Lashuna.
This group also lists Brahmi beside Aindri; both resolve to the same entry in this library. This group also lists Aindri beside Brahmi; 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.