s. m. (K.), large species of tree (Saxifraga ligulata) with great leaves and handsome flowers, often found growing on rocks, in the Panjab Himalaya up to the Indus and Trans-Indus. The leaves are frequently used as plates, and the root is bruised and applied to boils or for ophthalmia in some of the places where the plant grows. The root is also officinal, generally called Pakhán bhed. It is reckoned absorbent, and given in dysentery and cough.