Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SŪTRA
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Different kinds of Bamboo plant?
Cāvavarsa (Shorea robusta), Venu, Kanaka or the plant Butea Frondosa or Cassia Sophora, Kakkāvarsa, Varuvarsa, Damdā, Kuļā (it is found in East Bengal, Aegle maremelos ?), Vimācandā (a kind of plant of the bamboo group, probably it is Andropogon aciculatus) and Venuya a kind of bamboo with poisonous fruit). Grasses
Viraņā (a kind of fragrant grass, Andropogon Muricatus), Ikkada (ekkada*), Nala (a species of reed, Ampbidonax Karka, 18-12 feet high: it is found in East Bengal). Sediva'. Dabbha" (Saccharum Cylindricum), Kartiyadabbha (another kind of Dabbha), Kusa (Kusa grass,' poa cynosuroides), Podai (Ponukz) Vibhangu, Sippiya and Sumkalitana, Reeds and creepers
Bhamasa, Vetta (Vetra),10 Satta," Allai (allaki)12 Go-poida?? Virālīlt and Rāyavalli (Momordica Charantia).16 Flowers
Utpala (the blossom of the blue lotus, Nymphaea caerubea)16, Pauma (padma, lotus, Nelumbium speciosum)'7, it closes towards the evening often confounded with water-lily, Nalina (water-lily, Nelumbium Speciosum)18 ; Udumbara flowep.19 (the flower of the tree Ficus Cilomerata) Pādali flower 20 (trumpetflower of Bignonia Suaveoleus); Banla (Bakula), the flower of Mimusops Elengi; Palasa (the blossom of the tree of Butea Frondosa)"l; Siriyaka, Nava-Nāliya (fresh lotus); Koranțaga ; Bandhujīvaga (red coloured-flower of Pentapetes phoenicea)23 ; Kunda (a kind of Jasmine, Jasminum Multiflorum), Avayā (alja,
i Bhs, 21, 4.
2.3 16, 21, 5, 5 10, 11, 9, 417 ; 12, 8, 459; 21, 6. ? 16, 11, 9, 417; 12, 8, 459 21 6 9 Ib, 21, 6.
10.11 16, 21, 5. 13 16, 21, 6.
14 16, 22, 1. 16.18 16, 9, 33, 385 ; 11, (1-8), 416.
19 16, 9, 33, 385 ; 14, 8, 528. 20 1b, 14, 8, 528
31 16, 22, 2. 23 16, 22,6 ; 23, 1.
4 I5, 21, 6. 8 II, 21, 6. 8 16, 22, 4. 12 10, 21, 4. 15 Ib, 23, 4.
22 16, 22,5