Deerghanjiviteeya Adhyaya: Difference between revisions

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Goat-herders, sheep-herders,  cowherders and forest-dwellers are acquainted with names and forms/identification of various medicinal herbs and the plants [120]
Goat-herders, sheep-herders,  cowherders and forest-dwellers are acquainted with names and forms/identification of various medicinal herbs and the plants [120]


====Limitation of knowledge of names of plants only ====
===== Limitation of knowledge of names of medicines only =====


न नामज्ञानमात्रेण रूपज्ञानेन वा पुनः|  
न नामज्ञानमात्रेण रूपज्ञानेन वा पुनः|  
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oShadhInAM parAM prAptiM kashcidveditumarhati||121||  
oShadhInAM parAM prAptiM kashcidveditumarhati||121||  


Just by knowing the names and forms of herbs, though, no one can claim to have a perfect knowledge of medicinal uses of the plants [121]
Just by knowing the names and forms of herbs, though, no one can claim to have a perfect knowledge of therapeutic uses of medicinal substances. [121]


====Importance of complete knowledge of therapeutic actions of plants ====
====Importance of complete knowledge of therapeutic actions of plants ====