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-34.]
Vaidyaka
143
References.- (1) Mss.-A-Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :
Aufrecht mentions one ओषधिनामावली 'names of medicinal Plants, in alphabetical order, by Radhakrishna. Radh. 31" on i, 76. There is no other entry.
औषधिनाममाला
Auşadhināmamālā (लघुनिघण्दु)
( Laghunighantu) No.34
1041.
1886-92. Size.-98 in. by 4t in. Extent.- 9 leaves ; 14-20 lines to a page ; 27-39 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper ; Devanāgari characters; hand-writ
ing good , bold at the beginning but letters grow smaller and lines more in number towards the end. Benedictory phrase, first topic-heading, double borders of two lines and one line are in red ink; the remaining topic headings and the colophon at the end are tinged with red pigment. It seems to be a portion named graag of some bigger work named औषधिनाममाला. It contains 239 verses. First Gujarāți names are given and then their synonyms with
qualities follow in Sanskrit verses. Age.- Appears to be modern. . Author.- Kesavarāma. Begins,- folio ja
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ अथ लघुनिघंट लिख्यते ॥
सरस्वतिं गुरू लंबोदरं धन्वंतरि हरि ।
नत्वा भक्त्या विलेख्येहं सारं वैद्योपयोगिकं ॥१॥ गलोनामः गुडुच्याममृता छिन्ना छीनांगज्वरनाशनि ।
छिन्नोद्भवामृतलता धाराबत्सादनि स्मृता ॥२॥
कुंडली मुद्रली श्यामा विशल्या नागकन्यका । . .. चक्रांगिलोमवली च वयेस्थादेव निर्मिता ॥३॥
