Ilf. ^DESCRIPTIONS OF 



dried ^re CacoJa^ Colaca^ Gandhavydculai Taihjadhdna, Caccohca ar ■ 

 Cojhaphalaof which the two firll and fourtb^ though anorrialo-. 

 fbrraations, appear to relate to the Cola or fruit of the Jyjube, ia 

 which the Caccola berry may be compared in appearance; Gani- 



- kavydcuh means diflreffingly-oderiferous i failafadhana veither the 



purifier of oil, or that of which oil is the foivent, and ,it .may be 



, obferved that civet is moH readily folobie in that menftruum ; 



■:the lad term Cofha phalaMi may be rendered the fruit of the • 

 fcrotum or fheathe, referring either to the part of- the animal 

 -wherxe it is extradled, or to the :fort of coat 'by which the berry 

 is invefledo The Bdja NigkanU and Bhava Pracafa defcribe the 

 medical properiies of Cc^ccolat and ftate it to be pungent, bitter, 

 warm, ■ and carminative, fweetening the breath, .relieving -heart- 

 burn, exciting appetite and promoting digeftioDj and remedying 



■ .xoorbid affedions of wind and phlegm : neither this nor Cdcoli 



\ therefore are confidered as poifonoiiSs nor can they beconfounded 



^ ,"with the Cocculus indicas. 



The only remaining word which may imply the fruit of -the 

 fCocculus vine is to be found in the vocabularies of Amara and 

 Hhnachandra^ amoogd the different kinds of poifon : no defcrip- 

 tion however accompanies the name, nor have the different com- 

 mentators on Amera fupplied this deficiency, nor illuftrated the 

 ^inature or origin of the fubftance, hj etymological analyfis. The 

 word is CdcQla j it implies a poifoo, ^oot of animal origin, and is 

 derived according \o Ray a Mucut a" ^rom the fame word Cdcola, 

 a raven, from its being of -the like -dark colour : in this it cor- 

 Tcfponds fufhcientiy well with the hue that the Cocculus berry 

 IS mentioned by Mr. Brown, to acquire when ripe, and being 

 fimilar to it in its poifonous property, as well an its appellation^ 

 it IS poffible that in this word we have the Sanjcrit origin of the 



jiame given by European writers to the fruit of the Menifpermuisp 



Cocculugo 



