Adjuvant to oleation · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Mridvika | Draksha Vitis vinifera L. |
| Madhuka contested | Yashtimadhu Glycyrrhiza glabra L. |
| Madhuparni | Guduchi Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson |
| Meda | Meda Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All. |
| Vidarigandha | Shalaparni Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. |
| Kakoli | Kakoli Roscoea purpurea Sm. |
| Kshirakakoli | Kshirakakoli Fritillaria roylei Hook. |
| Jivaka | Jivaka Malaxis acuminata D.Don |
| Jivanti | Jivanti Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. |
| Shaluka | not yet written up in this library |
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.
1 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.