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१५. शाकाङ्गम् (रा०) – शाकानामङ्गत्वेन संस्कारकरूपेण प्रयुज्यते
इति ।
१६. शिरोवृन्तम् (कै०) – शीर्षभागे वृन्तमस्य ।
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 (śirovṛnta ),
rugged (rūkṣa), sharp (tīkṣṇa ) and pungent (ūṣaṇa,
kaṭuka, kolaka). Marica (black pepper) is in great
demand by foreigners (yavaneṣṭa) and as such is
an important item for export and as such found in
ports (dharmapattana, kolaka[^1] ). It is a potent drug
(vīra) for disorders caused by kapha (kaphavirodhi)
and destroys organisms (marica ). It is also one of
the spices (śākāṅga).
[^1]. "The ancient capital of the Pandyas located at Kolkai
(tirunelveli ) is said to have been on the Tāmraparṇī river.
In this period trade of black pepper was at its zenith. Black
pepper was loaded on ships in the port of Nakhon-Dhar-
marād 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.
इति ।
१६. शिरोवृन्तम् (कै०) – शीर्षभागे वृन्तमस्य ।
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 (śirovṛnta ),
rugged (rūkṣa), sharp (tīkṣṇa ) and pungent (ūṣaṇa,
kaṭuka, kolaka). Marica (black pepper) is in great
demand by foreigners (yavaneṣṭa) and as such is
an important item for export and as such found in
ports (dharmapattana, kolaka[^1] ). It is a potent drug
(vīra) for disorders caused by kapha (kaphavirodhi)
and destroys organisms (marica ). It is also one of
the spices (śākāṅga).
[^1]. "The ancient capital of the Pandyas located at Kolkai
(tirunelveli ) is said to have been on the Tāmraparṇī river.
In this period trade of black pepper was at its zenith. Black
pepper was loaded on ships in the port of Nakhon-Dhar-
marād 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.