Kasinda
Kasinda
Grammar: the word as the Telugu print gives it (కసింద), glossed there కాసమర్ధము.
Meaning: a plant whose upper bark is used in a remedy for snake poison.
In the scriptures: Kaśyapa Maharshi tells Gautama, citing Rudra for the final remedy, of a medicine for one bitten: mayūra pitta, mārjāla pitta, gandhanāḍi root, kuṃkuma flower, nandivardhana, ceṅgalva koshṭu, the upper bark of kasinda, and the filaments of kaluva, tāmara and tellagaluva, in equal parts, ground fine in cow’s urine and given to the bitten one.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 35
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 35