Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

t The sense is this < having taken food possessed of hot qualities, one should; {jtl take fluid food or drink that is cooling; having taken what is sour, one should takfe ■>& what is sweet. In thus adjusting one's courses of eating and drinks, one. should,: however, take care that one does not take what is hostile to one’s constitution. The choice, therefore, of flui,d food or drink is regulated by two rules. The first is that it should be the reverse in qualities to that taken .before, and tnendtishould not be hostile to the upholding ingredients of the constitution. The word ‘Anupana,’ it should be noted, implies not only fluid food or drink that is taken subsequently,

— that is, at the conclusion of a course of eating, — but also such fluids as are used as vehicles of medicines. — T. .

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CHA RA KA -SA MH1 TA.

As regards such subsequent fluid food or drink, that which is oily and hot is praised in excitements of the wind ; that which is sweet and cooling is praised in excitements of the bile ; that which is dry and hot is praised in excitements of the phlegm ; while ire emaciation and waste, the juice of meat is highly beneficial.*28

Unto men exhausted by fast, or walking, or loud talking, or .sexual indulgence, or exposure to wind, or the sun, or exercise, milk is the proper drink as Anupana. It operates as nectar itself.821

Wine as an Anupana is praised for the nourishment of ema¬ ciated or wasted persons.

For reducing the bulk of overgrown persons, honey mixed with water is regarded as a beneficial Anupana. m

For persons whose digestive fire is weak, or who are afflicted with insomnia, or who are afflicted by lassitude or grief or fear or exhaustion, as also for those who are addicted to wine and meat, wine is applauded as a proper Anupana.328

I shall now speak of the effects of Anupana .*

Anupanas- exercise a sedative and nutritive influence.

They make the mind cheerful. They conduce to increase of energy.

They produce the sensation of gratification after one has eaten. f

They moisten what is eaten (and thereby assist at digestion).

They disjoin united food.J

They soften the food in the stomach.

They cause the impurities to separate themselves from the food in the stomach. They cause the food to be digested.

They contribute to that sensation of pleasure which arises after eating.

* The word 'AnupHna,’ as already explained, is used in two senses in Hindi* medicine. It implies a fluid or semi-fluid vehicle in which medicine is administered, or it means any fluid food or drink taken at the conclusion of a course of eating. What should be particularly remembered is that the context determines the sense in which it ts4x» be taken. — T.

t Ga.nglidhara explains that the original means that these drinks cause the food to be assimilated with the body. — T.

f Probably, melt or dissolve solidified food, or food existing in a united mass within the stomach. — T.

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They cause the food to extend its effects to all parts of the body,*™

( Here occur some verses. )

An Anup*na that is suitable is certainly beneficial. It soon exercises a sedative and nutritive influence on the body. It causes easy digestion of the food that has been eaten. It conduces to strength and long life.328

Those persons the upper parts of whose bodies are afflicted with wind, those persons who are afflicted with asthma and consumption-, those persons who are generally engaged in singing or speaking aloud or reading aloud, and those who have sores or wounds on the chest, should not drink water after having taken their food, for, if they drink, that water, remaining in their throat or chest, will destroy the oily secretions of the food previously taken, and generate many faults.323-20

It is not possible to mention all objects in their entirety by their names. Hence, a portion only of such Anupanas as are ordinarily used (may be named).

As, of medicinal objects a few only are capable of being men¬ tioned by names, as of words belonging to the languages of different countries a few only are capable of being. mentioned, so of objects a few only are capable of being mentioned. Hence, those objects (or Anupanas) which are not spoken of here should be regarded as such (that is, as inconvenient to mention, in conse¬ quence of their multudinous tale).381-32

In the matter of Anupanas, the following things touching the food that has been eaten are taken into consideration, viz., habitat or place of living, the different limbs of the body, the nature or habits of the animal, the ingredients that compose it, its acts, sex, size, the manner of. cooking, and quantity. f

* The correct reading is 'SukhaparinSmitStm vyavâyitSncha janayati.’ Some texts have ‘S.fu' before ‘Vyav5.yit3.ncha.’ It may or may not be retained. ‘VyavSyitSm.’ is explained by GangSdhara as equivalent to ‘AkhiladehavySpitSm.’ — T.

+ The sense is this : in selecting the AnupS.ua one should be guided by the pointsnoted in respect of the animal whose flesh one has eaten. — I V.

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