Sustaining semen · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Samanga | Manjishtha Rubia cordifolia L. |
| Sthira | Shalaparni Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. |
| Vasuka | Arka Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton |
| Vashira | not yet written up in this library |
| Kukkutanda | not yet written up in this library |
| Ikshuraka | not yet written up in this library |
| Ushira | Ushira Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty |
| Padma | Padma Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. |
| Mocharasa | Shalmali Bombax ceiba L. |
| Punarnava | Punarnava Boerhavia diffusa L. |
3 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.