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( 28 ) ..(Acharya Abhayadevasuri-comm. Bhagavati Sutra, p. 691, Acharya Shri Dan Shekhar Suri comm.)
The fact that kushmanda cures heat eto. is valid till to day. Even to day preparations from kushmanda are consumed and available at places like Agra. In Meratha district many methods are applied in preparing certain jams from white Kumhada. To sum up:-Jams or preparations from kushmanda pacify burning sensations and internal heat, and Jain lady Revati had also kept ready Jam of Kushmanda“ Duva kavoya sarira "-to cure the heat of Lord Mahavira. Here the word kavoya means kushmanda (pumpkin ) fruit only.
(3) SARIRA (aftar) The word sarira goes with the word Kavoya' and bears masculine gender. If 'sarirani' were used, that would convey the body of a bird, as the word sarira in neuter gender conveys body or a dead body. But the author did not mean it. Hence the absence of sarirani. The author has used 'sarira' with masculine gender which means Jam preparations of fruits. The application of masculine gender is significant and the word ' Annen' in masculine shall also corroborate this fact in due course.
