Jaina Biology

SR No.: 001543
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J C Sikdar
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 340
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Science, Biology, & Philosophy
File Size: 19 MB

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Jaina Bioingy
VALLI (Creeping Plants )
There are many kinds of Vallis, such as, Pusaphali (a kind of creeping plant), Pusha ( a kind of creeping plant ), Tumbi ( Bottle Gourd -Lagenarja Vulgaris ), Tausi ( Trapusa, Cucumis sativus ), Padala ( Patolā, Trichisanthus cucumerina ), Pamcaguliyā (Pañcangulika Ricinus communis which has 5-lobed leaves ), Nālīyā (Nālikā, Indivari latāyam nadiśāke (nālukā or Nalitā, Arum coloeasia ), Kamguyā (Kamguka, Panicum miliaceum ), Kadduiya (a kind of creeping plant), Kakkodai ( Kākadi, Cucumber, Cucumis Sativus ), Kāriyallai ( Momordica Charantia ), Subhagā (a kind of Valli), Kuvadhā (yā) (a kind of Valli), Vāgali= Vāgulipati (Buchaniania Latifolia ?), Pavavalli (a kind of Valli ), Atimuttaya (Madhavilatā,, Hiptage madablota ), Nāgalatā (A kind of Valli ), Kanha ( Piperaceae - Piper longum ), Suravalli ( Rollerea Tinctoria
?), Sanghatta (a kind of Valli), Jāsuvana (a kind of Valli ), Kuvimdevalli ( a kind of Valli), Muddiya (Mrdvikä? Munakkā, Vitis Vinifera ), Appā (a kind of Valli, the red lotus type ), Bhalli (Semacarpus Anacardium ), Chiravirāli (Ipomoea digitala = Kșiravidāri?), Jiyanti = Jivanti (Leptodania ) reticuta ), Govāli (Gopavali Gopa plant, Sanseviera Roxburghiana), Pani (a kind of Valli), Mäsävali (a kind of Valli), Gunjavalli (Abrus Precatorius), Vacchāni (a kind of Valli), Sasbindu ( a kind of Valli), Gottaphusiya (a kind of Valli), Girikannai (Girikarnika =Clitoria ternatea), Māluya Malurā (a kind of sweet patato plant or Aegle Marmelos ), Amjanai (a kind of Valli, Hardwickia pinnata ), Daha - Phullai (a kind of Valli), Kāgani (a kind of Valli), Mogali (hedge, a kind of Valli), Akkaboindi ( a kind of Valli) and besides others like them.39
PARVAGAS (Knotty Plants )
There are many kinds of Parvagas, such as, Ikkhu ( Iksu, Sugarcane, Saccharum Officinarum ), Ikkhuvādi (Iksuvātika, saccharum officinarumthe common yellow cane ), Virana (Andro-pogon Muricatus ), Ekkada (Sesbania aculeata), Bhamasa (a kind of knotty plant), Sara (Sara, Eragrostis cynosuroides), Vetta (cane, calamus Rotang or Fasciculatus ), Timira (Tavariya, a kind of Parvaga ), Sata porga (sata poraka, a kind of Sugar cane ), Nala (Amphidonax - Karka 8-12 feet high or phragmites Karka ), Vamsa (Vamsa, bamboo cane, Bambus, araudinacea ), Velu ( Venu? Dendrocalamus strictus), Kanaka (a kind of Bamboo or Dhamiūroj, Kamkavamsa (a kind of Bamboo), Cavavamsa (Cāpāvansa, a kind of Bamboo ), Udaka (a kind of knotty plant), Kudaka (a kind oi Bamboo, Kudā Vamsa found in Bangladesa ), Vimaka ( Vimacamdā, probably it 39. Paņņavaņā Sutta, 1, 45, p. 19.