TY - JOUR AU - Kumar Vijay, AU - Mishra Rajesh Kumar*, AU - Gupta Ankita, AU - Srivastava Anupam, PY - 2020/02/02 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - RELEVANCE OF KAKOLI (ONE AMONG ASTAVARGA) IN ANCIENT AYURVEDIC TREATISE ALONG WITH ETYMOLOGY OF ITS VARIOUS SANSKRIT SYNONYMS JF - AYUSHDHARA JA - Ayushdhara VL - 6 IS - 6 SE - DO - UR - https://ayushdhara.in/index.php/ayushdhara/article/view/502 SP - 2447-2457 AB - <p>The knowledge about medicinally useful plants in the early age is scientifically documented, and systematically organized in Ayurveda <em>Samhitas</em>, <em>Nighantus</em> and other texts. The ancient nomenclature of Ayurvedic herbs was not only useful for their identification but also to know their medicinal values for example, <em>Payasvinī</em> means galactogogue, <em>Kākolī</em> means which contains high moisture value, <em>Madhurā</em> means <em>Madhura</em> in <em>Rasa</em>, etc. Moreover, our Acharyas also suggested different names of the Ayurvedic herbs based on their habits, taxonomy and uses. Though the modern science is successful in classifying the flora taxonomically, but could not reach up to the ground breaking concept of classifying plants according to their medicinal properties. Being aware of taxonomic aspects of nomenclature along with the torch of synonyms coined by ancient seers one may be able to preserve the treasury traditional medicinal knowledge.</p><p><em>Kākolī</em> has been mentioned as one of the <em>Aṣṭavarga </em>plants. <em>Kākolī</em> has also been documented in the various <em>Saṁhitā</em> and <em>Nighaṇṭu</em>. Description of <em>Kākolī</em> along with its Sanskrit synonyms, habitat and medicinal properties has also been mentioned in different Nighaṇṭu. However, due to the lack of appropriate taxonomic data, mainly three plant species i.e., <em>Roscoea</em> <em>purpurea</em> Sm., <em>Roscoea capitata</em> Sm. and <em>Roscoea alpina</em> Royle are widely accepted as <em>Kākolī</em>. The main objective of this study was to critically review the <em>Sanskrita</em> name of <em>Kākolī </em>described in classical Ayurvedic literature along with medicinal properties.</p> ER -