नामरूपज्ञानम् (Characterization of Medicinal Plants) /64

NElāmarūpajñānam
 
( Ela ( Elettaria cardamomum Maton. ) grows in

South India ( drāvidī, koranṅgī )[^1]. Fruit is contracted

and small ( upakuñcika, trutā, truṭi ) and has three surfaces

( triputṭā ). The seeds, part used, are taken out of the

outer covering (nisṣkutṭi) which are numerous

( bahula ā) and exceedingly aromatic ( bahulagandhā ).

It is stimulant (elā) and relievs ahes abdominal pain

( tutthā ).
 
३६
 

 
Specific characters
 

1. Habitat—South India.
 

2. Fruit-contracted, small and with three
 

surfaces.
 

3. Seeds — numerous, highly aromatic.
 

4. Action — stimulant, relieves ahbdominal pain.
 

 
२९. <entry>कटुका</entry> Kaţṭukā
 

 
१. कटुका (भा० ) -कटति वर्षति पित्तस्त्रावं वर्धयतीति, 'वृषु

सेचने' ।
 

२. अरिष्टा (ध०) –न रिष्टमशुभमस्याः ।
 

३. अशोकरोहिणी (ध०) - अशोका शोकनाशिनी, रोहिणी च ।
 

४. आमघ्नी (ध०) - आमं हन्तीति ।
 

५. कटम्भरा (भा०) -कटं वर्षित्वं बिभर्ति ।
 

 
[^1.] 'Koringa', a port in mMasulipattinum district.
 
nam district.