kind of plant, which is enumerated at Vin.iv.35 = DN-a.i.81 as one of the aggabīja, i.e. plants propagated by slips or cuttings, together with ajjuka & hirivera. At Ja.vi.536 the C. gives bhūtanaka as explⁿ. According to Childers it is the plant Samīraṇa.

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