Counteracting poison · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Haridra | Haridra Curcuma longa L. |
| Manjishtha | Manjishtha Rubia cordifolia L. |
| Suvaha contested | Rasna Pluchea lanceolata (DC.) C.B.Clarke |
| Sukshmaila | Ela Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton |
| Palindi | not yet written up in this library |
| Chandana | Chandana Santalum album L. |
| Katabhi | not yet written up in this library |
| Shireesha | Shirisha Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. |
| Sinduvara | Nirgundi Vitex negundo L. |
| Shleshmataka | not yet written up in this library |
Suvaha
Suvaha is read as Rasna by some commentators and as Trivrit by others. In Bhedaniya, where the group breaks up and evacuates, Trivrit fits the karma. The library holds both; neither reading is settled.
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.