Flora (10): Roots

(a) Citrā (II. 4. 88; p. 103):

Upacitrā is given as a synonym of citrā. Citing Dhanvantari Nighaṇṭu (I.229) Kṣīrasvāmin observes that in the dvyarthakoṣa (2/60) upacitrā denotes dantī and remarks that Amara has mistaken dantī for dravantī–

āha ca—
dravantī śaṃvarī citrā nyagrodhī mūśikāhvayā |
pratyekaśreṇī vṛṣā caṇḍā putraśreṇyākhuparṇikā |
?[™]rthe upacitrā dantī pṛśniparṇī ceti dantyāṃ dravantī bhrāntyā granthakadupacitrāmāha |

(b) Viśvā (II. 4. 100; p. 106)^[1]

[Aconitum heterophyllum:]

Amarakośa mentions viṣā and mahauṣadha as other synonyms of viśvā.

Kṣīrasvāmin observes that in Dhanvantari nighaṇṭu (I. 10) mahauṣadha is not mentioned as a synonym of viṣā or Viśvā and that in the tryarthakoṣa too mahauṣadha is used to denote viṣam and not viṣā which is mistaken by Amara—

āha ca—
ātiviṣā śuklakandā jñeyā viśvā ca bhaṅgurā |
śyāmakandā prativiṣā śṛṅgī copaviṣā viṣā tathā |
mahauṣadhaṃ tu viṣaṃ nātiviṣā |
tryarthe tu hi mahauṣadhaṃ viṣaṃ śuṇṭī laśunaṃ ceti |
viṣā śabdaṃ buddhvā bhrānto'yam |

(c) Puṣkaramūla (II. 4. 146; p. 117):

Amarakośa gives kāśmīra and padmapatra as other synonyms.

Kṣīrasvāmin remarks that Amara has mistaken padmavarṇa for padmaparṇa and thus gives padmapatra–

puṣkaramūle trīṇi nāmāni |
padmapatramiti granthakṛd bhrāntaḥ padmaparṇamiti buddhavān |
kāśmīraṃ puṣkarajaṭā dhīraṃ tadpadmavarṇakam |

(d) Kṣīrāvī (II. 4. 100; p. 106):

Amarakośa gives kṣīrāvī and dugdhikā as synonyms.

Kṣīrasvāmin quotes from Dhanvantari Nighaṇṭu (I. 134) and observes that the physicians read the text as kṣīrā and vikarikā but the author of Amarakośa reads these words as kṣīrāvī and vikarikā–

āha ca—
“dvitīyā kṣīrakākolī kṣīraśuklā payasvinī |
payasyā kṣīramadhurā vīrā kṣīrāvikārikā ||”
ātra kṣīrāvī vīkāriketi ca granthakṛnmanyate |
kṣīreti vikāriketi tu vaidyāḥ |

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

viśvā viṣā prativiṣā ātiviṣopaviṣāruṇā | śṛṅgī mahauṣadhaṃ |