Vāvili

Vāvili

Meaning: a plant used in remedies against poison; the name is in Telugu.

In the scriptures: the Brahma Parva uses it in many remedies. Its roots are in the first blood remedy, with vaṭṭivēru, candana, ceṅgalvakoshṭu, nandivardhana, mahākāla roots, iṅgilīkam and black pepper. With iṅguva it is the third, drunk, used as collyrium, and rubbed on the wound and the body. It is in the vāta remedy with duṇḍigapu root, mōraṭi, kuṃkuma flower, gajapippalī, coraṅgi, vasa, pippalī, devadāru, ippa, ippa mūlaga and iṅguva (Brahma Parva, Chapter 35). With pennēru and uttarēnu it is ground with ghee for the bite of the brāhmaṇa snake, drunk and taken as nasya. With varāhakarṇī, gajapippalī, gañjāyi, pippalī, devadāru, ippa and iṅguva it is rolled into pills that take away the poison of sarpas (Brahma Parva, Chapter 36).

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 35–36