Chebulic myrobalan - കടുക്ക

श्रेष्ठहरीतकी लक्षण

Well ripened and matured Haritaki possesses ideal medicinal properties...

Terminalia chebula

 Chebulic myrobalan

കടുക്ക

A good quality Haritaki has following characteristics features..

Nava (New one, well formed recently) 

Snigdha (unctuous) 

Ghana (Thick, dense) 

Guru (Heavy) 

Vritha (round) 

Swarnavarna (Golden yellow color) 

Apsumajjathi (sink in water) 

Dwikarsha (24 gsm approximately)

श्रेष्ठहरीतकीलक्षण

नवा स्निग्धा घना वृत्ता गुर्वी क्षिप्ता च याऽम्भसि |

निमज्जेत्सा प्रशस्ता च कथिताऽतिगुणप्रदा ||

नवादिगुणयुक्तत्वं तथैवात्र द्विकर्षता |

हरीतक्याः फले यत्र द्वयं तच्छ्रेष्ठमुच्यते ||

                        (भावप्रकाश-पूर्वखण्ड, हरीतक्यादिवर्ग)

on photos Haritaki from Chitradurga, Karnataka on May 2022

By Dr Ajayan Sir