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Nāmarūpajñānam
१५. शाकाङ्गम् (रा०) – शाकानामङ्गत्वेन संस्कारकरूपेण प्रयुज्यते
इति ।
१६. शिरोवृन्तम् (कै०) – शीर्षभागे वृन्तमस्य ।
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smund
bon
ल
Marica (Piper nigrum Linn.) is a climber
(vallīja, vellaja) of which fruit is the useful part.
Fruits are black when dried (kṛṣṇa ), round (vṛtta-
phala) with a minute cup on the top (sirovṛnta ),
tikong land
rugged (rūkṣa), sharp (tīkṣṇa ) and pungent (ūṣaṇa,
katuka, kolaka). Marica (black pepper) is in great
demand by foreigners (yavanesta) and as such is
an important item for export and as such found in
ports (dharmapattana, kolaka' ). It is a potent drug
(vira) for disorders caused by kapha (kaphavirodhi)
and destroys organisms (marica ). It is also one of
the spices (śākānga).
PRA
ats e
1. "The ancient capital of the Pandyas located at kolkai
(tirunelveli ) is said to have been on the Tamraparṇī river.
In this period trade of black pepper was at its zenith. Black
pepper was loaded on ships in the port of Nakhon-Dhar-
marad situated on the eastern Malay coast, and was un-
loaded in the sea-port of kolkai and was despatched to
Rome by Indian merchants through the Arab intermediar-
ies. The remembrance of this trade has survived in two
names of black pepper namely Dharmapattana and
kollaka.
-Moti Chandra: Trade and Trade Routes
in Ancient India, introduction, p. XIII.
Nāmarūpajñānam
१५. शाकाङ्गम् (रा०) – शाकानामङ्गत्वेन संस्कारकरूपेण प्रयुज्यते
इति ।
१६. शिरोवृन्तम् (कै०) – शीर्षभागे वृन्तमस्य ।
-
smund
bon
ल
Marica (Piper nigrum Linn.) is a climber
(vallīja, vellaja) of which fruit is the useful part.
Fruits are black when dried (kṛṣṇa ), round (vṛtta-
phala) with a minute cup on the top (sirovṛnta ),
tikong land
rugged (rūkṣa), sharp (tīkṣṇa ) and pungent (ūṣaṇa,
katuka, kolaka). Marica (black pepper) is in great
demand by foreigners (yavanesta) and as such is
an important item for export and as such found in
ports (dharmapattana, kolaka' ). It is a potent drug
(vira) for disorders caused by kapha (kaphavirodhi)
and destroys organisms (marica ). It is also one of
the spices (śākānga).
PRA
ats e
1. "The ancient capital of the Pandyas located at kolkai
(tirunelveli ) is said to have been on the Tamraparṇī river.
In this period trade of black pepper was at its zenith. Black
pepper was loaded on ships in the port of Nakhon-Dhar-
marad situated on the eastern Malay coast, and was un-
loaded in the sea-port of kolkai and was despatched to
Rome by Indian merchants through the Arab intermediar-
ies. The remembrance of this trade has survived in two
names of black pepper namely Dharmapattana and
kollaka.
-Moti Chandra: Trade and Trade Routes
in Ancient India, introduction, p. XIII.