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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]
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====Limitation of knowledge of names of plants only ====
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===== 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||
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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]
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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 ====