Duṇḍigapu

Duṇḍigapu

Grammar: noun, the Telugu form as printed.

Meaning: a root used in a medicine against poison.

In the scriptures: For poison in vāta, the medicine is duṇḍigapu root, mōraṭi, kuṃkuma flower, gajapippalī, coraṅgi, vasa, pippalī, devadāru, ippa, ippa mūlaga, vāvili and iṅguva. These are ground together and made into pills for the bitten one to swallow; they are used also as añjana and lepana (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 35).

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 35