Kuṅkuma-pushpa

Kuṅkuma-pushpa · kuṅkuma-pushpa, “the saffron flower”

Grammar: neuter noun; a compound of kuṅkuma (saffron) and pushpa (a flower).

Meaning: the saffron flower, used in medicine.

In the scriptures: the Brahma Parva names it in two medicines of its chapter on snake-bite and poison. One is the vāta remedy, made into pills and also used as añjana and lepana, with duṇḍigapu root, mōraṭi, gajapippalī, coraṅgi, vasa, pippalī, devadāru, ippa, ippa mūlaga, vāvili and iṅguva. The other is a medicine in equal parts in cow’s urine, with mayūra pitta, mārjāla pitta, gandhanāḍi root, nandivardhana, ceṅgalva koshṭu, kasinda bark, and filaments of kaluva, tāmara and tellagaluva (Brahma Parva, Chapter 35).

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 35