Adjuvant to sudation · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Shobhanjana | Shigru Moringa oleifera Lam. |
| Eranda | Eranda Ricinus communis L. |
| Arka | Arka Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton |
| Vrishcheera | Punarnava Boerhavia diffusa L. |
| Punarnava | Punarnava Boerhavia diffusa L. |
| Yava | Yava Hordeum vulgare L. |
| Tila | Tila Sesamum indicum L. |
| Kulattha | not yet written up in this library |
| Masha | not yet written up in this library |
| Badara | Karpasa Gossypium herbaceum L. |
This group also lists Punarnava beside Vrishcheera; both resolve to the same entry in this library. This group also lists Vrishcheera beside Punarnava; both resolve to the same entry in this library. The texts may intend two varieties or two parts of one plant.
2 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.