Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 824)
musala, m. n. (often spelt muśala or muSala; cf. Uṇ. i, 108 Sch.) a pestle, (esp.) a wooden pestle used for cleaning rice AV. &c, &c.; a mace, club Mn. MBh. &c. (cf. cakra-m-); the clapper of a bell Kathās.; a partic. surgical instrument Suśr.; a partic. constellation VarBṛS.; the 22nd astron. Yoga or division of the moon's path MW.; m. N. of a son of Viśāmitra MBh.; (ī) f. Curculigo Orclnoides L.; Salvinia Cucullata L.; a house-lizard L.; an alligator L.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2275)
nilappaṉai: Moosly or weevil root, Curculigo orchioides

Dymock, Warden, Hooper: Pharmacographia Indica (vol. III, pp. 462-463)
Curculigo orchioides, Amaryllideae
Both Hindu and Mahometan medical writers speak of a white and black Mūsali, which, from their descriptions, appear to have been different varietis of the same plant. In the Rāja Nirghanta it is stated- 'mūṣalī ca dvidhā proktā śvetā vāparāṣaṣj¤akā śvetā svalpaguṇopetā aparā ca rasāyanī'; the plant is described as Hemapushpi, "having golden flowers," and is considered to be alterative, tonic, restorative, and useful in piles, debility and impotence. It enters into the composition of several medicines intended to act as aphrodisiacs and restoratives. At the present time we meet with a white and black Mūsali in the bazaars, but derived from two entirely different plants, viz., the white from an Asparagus, and the black from a Curculigo. We have been favoured with living specimens of the latter plant collected by Mr. B. B. Nen‚ of Poona at Sitabaldi, and find that when cut and dried it exactly agrees with the bazaar article which we have received from most parts of India. From Madras we have received a very small Curculigo root, from C. brevifolia, not more than an inch in length, whereas the root of the plant in general use is not less than 6 inches in length, and from 1/2 to 3/4 inches in diameter. Dutt states that Satāvari, the root of Asparagus racemosus, is sometimes sold by the druggists as white Mūsali; in Bombay the white Mūsali of the bazaar is the root of Asparagus adscendes.
Native medical works give the following instructions for the collection of Mōsali: -Two-year old plants are to be selected, and the roots having been washed and cleared of rootlets, are to be sliced with a wooden knife, threaded upon a string, and dried in the shade; when dry they may be powdered. The dose is 180 grains, to be beaten up with an equal quantity of sugar in a small glass of water or milk until it forms a thick mucilage. Treatment to be continued for forty days, abstinence from mental and physical exercise being enjoined. Mōsalč is prescribed for asthma, piles, jaundice, diarrhoea, colic, and gonorrhoea; it is considered to be dumulcent, diuretic, tonic, and aphrodisiac, and is often combined with aromatics and bitters. Hakim Sharafeddčn in his Mujarabāt has the following humorous anecdote in illustration of its restorative effects:
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The story at once suggests to the reader that in such cases -*- is probably as good a tonic as MĹŤsalÄŤ.