karkAru

karkāru (ka)

(1) = vaḍava trapuṣa (or trapusa) (Ḍa. on Su. Sū. 46, 216 and Ci. 31, 5);

(2) = kūṣmāṇḍa (Ḍa. on Su. Ci. 18, 29);

(3) = kūṣmāṇḍabheda (Śivadāsa on Cakradatta, mūtrakṛcchra 26; Kusu-

māvalī on Vṛnda’s Siddhayoga 41, 6);

(4) = karkaṭībheda (Ḍa. on Su. Sū. 9, 4);

(5) = tiktatumbī (Kusumāvalī on Vṛnda’s Siddhayoga 41, 6);

(6) karkāru(ka) is identified as

a) Cucurbita pepo Linn. (DGV 5, p. 104-105; Kai.Nigh., oṣadhivarga

533-534; KB 2, p. 1156-1158);

b) Cucumis sativus Linn. (DGV 5, p. 104-105);

c) Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. (KB 2, p. 1127-1128).

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