Gajapippalī

Gajapippalī · gaja-pippalī, “the elephant pippalī”

Grammar: feminine noun; a compound of gaja (elephant) and pippalī.

Meaning: a plant used in medicines against poison.

In the scriptures: It is one of the twelve things ground into pills for poison in vāta, with duṇḍigapu root, mōraṭi, kuṃkuma flower, coraṅgi, vasa, pippalī, devadāru, ippa, ippa mūlaga, vāvili and iṅguva (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 35). It is also in the pill against snake poison: varāhakarṇī, gajapippalī, gañjāyi, pippalī, devadāru, ippa, vāvili and iṅguva, ground fine and rolled (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 36).

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 35–36