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Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Kumada (कुमद) (identified with Nymphaea nouchali) is the object of certain bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “The seed of Cordia dichotoma should be forced out and cultured seven times in the flesh (oil) of Alangium salviifolium and then it should be rubbed with the dung of she-buffalo and dried in shade. If these seeds are mixed in dry buffalo dung and earth and sown and watered with coconut water (gale water?) they turn into a plant of Nymphaea alba or Nymphaea nouchali [identified with Kumada] and there is no wonder [uptaṃ janayati kumudaṃ kumadaṃ kurute kimāścayaṃ]”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Starts with: Kumada gedde, Kumadaka.

Ends with: Samkumada.

Full-text: Kumada gedde, Nymphaea nouchali, Kumuda, Nymphaea alba.

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Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary) (by D. N. Shukla)

Chapter 40 - Proportions and Component parts (Gṛha-dravya-pramāṇa)

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Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)

Chapter 104 - Krishna’s Children < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]

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The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 49 - Ilāvṛta sub-continent < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]

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