Pippalī
Pippalī · pippalī, “long pepper”
Grammar: feminine noun: long pepper.
Meaning: a plant used in the remedies of the poison chapters. Gajapippalī is a related plant named beside it.
In the scriptures: in the Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, Sumantu Muni retells Kaśyapa‘s teaching on poisons to Gautama, and pippalī stands in many remedies:
- For the skin. Root of jilleḍu, uttarēnu, pippalī and nandivardhana ground together (Brahma Parva, Chapter 35).
- At the pitta and śleshma. Pippalī, atimadhura, pulakaṇḍamu, ghee, honey, sorakāya, jāji, nūguḍosa and peddapāpara in cow’s urine, as nasya, drink, eye paste and rub (Brahma Parva, Chapter 35).
- For śleshma. Dry ginger, pippalī, black pepper, viriṅgi, loddhuga and honey in equal parts in cow’s urine, as drink, collyrium and ointment (Brahma Parva, Chapter 35).
- For vāta. Duṇḍigapu root, mōraṭi, kuṃkuma flower, gajapippalī, coraṅgi, vasa, pippalī, devadāru, ippa, ippa mūlaga, vāvili and iṅguva as pills, and as añjana and lepana (Brahma Parva, Chapter 35).
- A drink. Root of jilleḍu, uttarēnu, pippalī and peddapāpara in ghee, as drink and nasya (Brahma Parva, Chapter 36).
- Against snake poison. A pill of varāhakarṇī, gajapippalī, gañjāyi, pippalī, devadāru, ippa, vāvili and iṅguva, ground fine and rolled (Brahma Parva, Chapter 36).
In the snāna of the Sūrya pratimā, pippali is among the herbs gathered with ponnaganṭi, suvarcala, niḍumuste, vishṇukrānta, garika, śibipushpi, kōriṃda and vasa (Brahma Parva, Chapter 135).
Related terms: Kushṭha · Nīlī · Devadāru
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 35–36, 135