Hiṅgu
Hiṅgu · hiṅgu, “asafoetida”
Grammar: neuter noun; printed in Telugu as ఇంగువ (iṅguva).
Meaning: asafoetida, kept in the kitchen store and used in remedies.
In the scriptures: the Brahma Parva names hiṅgu among the things stored in the house, with nutmeg, long pepper, black pepper, black mustard, coriander and dry ginger (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 11). In the remedies for poison, it is drunk with vāvili, applied to the eyes and rubbed on the wound and the body; it goes into the pills against the poison of sarpas, with pippalī, devadāru, ippa, vāvili and others (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 35–36).
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 11, 35–36