a very chaste, virtuous woman.

a woman who immolated herself on the funeral pyre of her husband.

a very effective medicine.

the pungent, spicy rhizome the plant Zingiber officinale, used in cookery and medicine; ginger.

the tree Strychnos nux-vomica of Loganiaceae family and its poisonous nut containing strychnine, brucine and other alkaloids; nux-vomica.

the strongly, pungent bulb of the plant Allium sativum, used in cookery and medicine.

a medicinal substance got from the plant Aconitum heterophyllum.

the dried seed of the plant Piper longum.

the plant Allium asealonicum of Agavaceae family.

= ಮಹೌಷಧ.

the grass Cynodon dactylon ( = Panicum dactylon) of Poaceae family.