amilAta

amilāta(ka), amlāṭana, amlāta(ka), amlāna(ka), amlāyana(ka)

(1) = saireyaka = jhiṇṭī (Nś. 245-246: amilāta, amlāta);

a) the variety with red flowers is identical with kurabaka or

kurubaka (Nś. 245-246: kurabaka; Rā. nigh. 10, 412-413: raktāmlāna

= kurubaka);

b) the variety with yellow flowers is identical with kuraṇṭaka

or kuraṇḍaka (Nś. 245-246: kuraṇṭaka; Rā.nigh. 10, 414-415:

pītāmlāna = kuraṇṭaka; Indu on A.s.U. 40, 71: kuraṇḍaka = pītām-

lāyanaka);

c) the variety with blue flowers is identical with ārtagala (on

which see below) (Nś. 247ab; Rā.nigh. 10, 416-417: nīlāmlāna =

ārtagala).

Cf. Amarakośa 2, 4, 74-76ab; Bpn, puṣpavarga 49: amlāṭana = kuraṇṭaka;

Kai. Nigh., oṣadhivarga 1047-1050ab: amlāna = jhiṇṭī = sairyaka; Kai.

Nigh., oṣadhivarga 1525-1526: amlāyana = amlātaka = amlānaka: unidenti-

fied; Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 4, 25: amlāna = kuraṇṭaka. See sairīyaka = saireyaka.

(2) = rājataraṇī (Rā.nigh. 10, 246: amilātaka, amlāna): unidentified,

but probably a kind of rose;

(3) Gomphrena globosa Linn. (MW; PW; Vśs: amlāna);

(4) = bandhujīvaka (Vśs): Pentapetes phoenicea Linn.

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