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Bhagaval 7:3:66-68
pindaharidra (pimdahaliddā) turmeric with globular bulb.
sihunda (siumdhi) milky thohara.
ālukam (ālu)—an esculent root. (It should not be confused with potato). mülakam (mülā)-radish.
śrigaveram (adaraka)- ginger.
sirili (sirili)-Chir pine.
kṛṣṭikā (kliṣṭikā) (värähi kanda)- Dio scorea bulbifere linn (L). kṣīrikā (bhūkharjūra) — Mimu sops hexandra Rorbe.
vajrakandaḥ (vajrakanda)-sweet potato.
suraṇakandaḥ (suraṇakanda)-amorphophallus companulatus Blume. lohi (rohitaka)-red wood tree.
nihu (tridhäräthühara)- triangular spurge. aśvakarni (sala)- the sal tree.
simhakarni (adüsä)- malabar nut.
siumdhi (kānļā thūhara)
common milk hedge.
musandhi (kali mūsalt) — Curculigo Orchioides gaertn
1. Panna. 1.32.
2. Ibid., 1.48, ga. 43.
3. See Encyclopaedia Britanica-Potato.
4. See Jaina Agama Vanaspati Koșa for details of the vegetation referred to here.
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Appakamma-mahākamma-padam
7.67 siya bhamte! kanhalese neraie appakammatarãe? nilese neraie mahākammatarãe?
hamta siya.
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The Topic of (the Infernals and Gods) possessed of less Karma and more Karma
Can' O Lord! an infernal, possessed of black lesya (psychic colour), probably be with less karma? Can an infernal, possessed of blue lesyä (psychic colour), probably be with more karma?
Yes, in some respect it can be.
7.68 se keṇattheṇam bhamte! evam vuccai-kanhalese neraie appakamma-tarãe? nilalese neraie mahäkammatarde?
goyama! thitim paducca. se teṇattheṇam goyamā! jāva mahākammatarãe.
For what reason has it been said, O Lord! that an infernal, possessed of black lesya (psychic colour), can be with less karma, an infernal possessed of blue lesya (psychic colour) is with more karma?
O Gautama! it has been so said with reference to duration. Gautama! for this reason it has been said that an infernal, possessed of black leśyä, in
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