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526 is tasteless or insipid, generates the Vayu, and is hard to digest, producing a condition of dryness in the organism. The bulbs known as the Shringataka and the Kasheruka are heavy of digestion, are long retained in the stomach in an undigested state, and are cooling in their potency. The Pindalukam generates the Kapham, is heavy of digestion, and tends to enrage or agitate the bodily Vayu. The Surendrakanda is pungent in digestion, generates the Pittam and subdues the Kapham. The sprouts of the Venn are heavy of digestion, and tend to enrage the Kapham and Vayu.

The bulbs (Kanda) known as Sthula-Kanda, Shurana-Kanda, and Manaka, etc. have a slightly astringent and pungent taste, and tend to produce a state of dryness in the organism. They are heavy of digestion, and subdue the Pittam, and are long retained in the stomach in an undigested condition.

Metrical texts:-The species known as the Manaka is sweet, and cooling in its potency and heavy of digestion, while the one called the Sthula Kanda. is not inordinately heat-making in its potency. The species Surana is usually found to be curative in cases of piles and rectal polypi and condylomata. The bulbs of such aquatic plants as the Kumuda, Utpala and Padma have an astringent taste and are sweet in digestion. They are cooling in their potency and tend to enrage the Vayu and pacify