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Table 4 Classification of Individual Bodied Plants.
No. Class
1. Agaricus ( Kuhana ) Cryptogam
2. Water-growing
3. Grasses (tra)
plants (Jalaruha) phanerogams
4. Circular Bark
Botanical
Category
2
trees (Balaya)
5. Knotty plants { parvaka )
Monocots
Cryptogam/ 28
Monocots
Number Names
Monocots
3
10
21
17
22
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Aya, kaya, kuhana, kunaka, sapha, Dravyahallika, sajja, chatrauka, vanśinakhita, kuraya.
Udaka, avaka, panaka, shevala, hadha, kalambuka, kasheruka, kacchha, bhani, utpala, padma, kumuda, nalina, subhaga, saugandhika, pundarika, mahāpuṇḍarika, śatapatra, sahasrapatra, kalhara, kokanada, aravinda, tamarasa, visa-mṛṇāla, puskara, sthalaja puşkara, visa.
Settika, bhantiya, hotrika, kusa, darbha, podaila, arjuna, āṣāḍhaka, rohitāmśa, bhūsa, castorplant, kuruvinda, karkara, bibhanga, madhuratṛṇa, kṣuraka, parvaka, śukaveda, kṣiratuṣa, suntha, śuktika.
Tāda, tamāla, takkali, jotli, sali, sālkalalyana, sarala, jatipatra, ketki, kadali, charmavriksa, bhojapatra, asafoetida, clove tree, bettlenut, palm/date tree, coconut tree.
Sugarcane, Ikṣuvatika, virana, ikkada, bhamasa, sara, vetra, timira, śataparva, nala, bamboo, venu, kanaka, karkavamsa, charyavamsa, kutaka, vimaka, kandaveņu, kalyanaka, udaka, śuntha, vella.
456 Scientific Contents in Prākṛta Canons
