gaRqIra

gaṇḍīra

(1) a) a particular plant eaten as a vegetable (PW; Vśs);

b) a kind of potherb described as growing in watery ground

(Kav; MW), but acc. to some a species of cucumber (MW);

(2) RUBIA CORDIFOLIA LINN. (HB; Vśs);

(3) EUPHORBIA NERIIFOLIA LINN. (DWH 3, p. 253-257; Vśs);

(4) E. ANTIQUORUM LINN. (DWH 3, p. 253-257; Vśs);

(5) SOLANUM VERBASCIFOLIUM LINN. (KB 3, p. 1753-1754);

(6) S. PUBESCENS WILLD. (Roxb., p. 189);

(7) = kaṭuśaraṇa (Vśs, unidentified);

(8) = śamaṭha (Cakra on Ca. Sū. 27, 106; unidentified); Cakra on

Ca. Sū. 27, 171: “gaṇḍīra is of two kinds: red and white; the red type

has been described as a pungent potherb, the white type grows in

water;” Ḍa. on Su. Ci. 4, 32: “gaṇḍīra is of two kinds: terrestrial and

aquatic; the terrestrial type is a vegetable, the aquatic type is jala-

pippalīgaṇḍīra” (see jalapippalī).

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