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The tamarind tree is considered most inauspicious, and, according 

 to the Vai&ya Sdstms, is very injurious to health. The Carica 

 papeya plant is more so. Though an introduced plant, the natives 

 were early acquainted with the injurious influence of the exhala- 

 tions from the leaves of the plant. The Sunflower, Helianthus, 

 is supposed to emit gases that destroy miasma. 



There is no department of Hindu literature in which the hyper- 

 bole has not an important part. The Haritaki, one of the myrobalans, 

 is so much valued, that in the following sloka it is said to be more 

 invigorating than the milk of a mother. 



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Prince, eat Haritaki : it is as beneficial as the mother, the mother may occa- 

 sionally get annoyed, but never the swallowed Haritaki. 



The following trees are said to have peculiar virtues, 

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The Indian fig tree, if on the east side of a house, is always auspicious ; so 

 also is the Udumvara tree if on the west, and the pipul if on the south, &c. 



The following are supposed to have a peculiar influence on parti- 

 cular spots. 



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