Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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j. A variety of the above. (It is larger in size-)’..
k. Myrica Sapida, Will.
l. Bambusa arundinacea-, Rets.
m. Otherwise called Padmakashta, as explained by-the Commentators;, “ It is a fragrant wood resembling toon brought from Malwa. or Southern
India ” U. C. Duffs . Materia Me diem.
n. Saraca Indica , Linn. ; Jonesia Asoka, Roxb .
o. Shorea robusta, Gaertn.
p. Anogeissus la-tifolia, Wall. ; syn. Canocarpus latifolia-, Roxb..
q. The exudation of Shorea robusta.
r. Betula Bhojapatra, Wall.
s. By this, Krishna-sala is implied. A variety of Terminalia tonientosa,. W. and A.
t. Otherwise called Kharamanjari or Apamarga. Achyranthes aspera. t Linn.
u. Acacia Slima, Ham. ; syn. Mimosa Suma, Roxb.
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Mathi (a), Kovaraka (b), Tunga (c), Ajakarna (d), Agwakarna (e), Sphurjaka (f), Vibhitaka (g), Kumbhika (/z), Pushkaravija (z), Visa (;■), Mrinala (k), Tala (/), Kharjjura (in), and Taruni (n).
Of these, as also of others of this kind that are numbered in the Group of Astringents among articles used as drugs, those should be cut into small pieces that deserve to be so cut, and those should be pulverised that deserve to be reduced to powder ; they should then be washed with water, and soaked in it, and cooked, and corrected and duly mixed with honey, oils, and salts.
While still agreeably warm, the physician versed in his science, should then duly administer it as enemata to a patient afflicted by vitiated phlegm.
When cool, it should, after being mixed with honey and Ghee, be administered to a patient afflicted by vitiated bile.
Thus ends the Group of Astringents. 164 a. Another name for Devadaru. Cedrus deodara, Loud. ; syn. Pinu s deodara, Roxb.
b. A variety of paddy.
c. Otherwise called Punnaga. Calophyllum inophylluin , Linn.
d. A variety of Sala or Asana as explained by the Commentators.
e. The largest variety of Shorea robusta, Gaertn.
f. Another name of Tinduka, i. e., Diospyros Embry op terii, Pers. ; syn. Diospyros glutinosa, Kcenig.
g. Terminalia Bellerica, Roxb.
h. Another name of Katphala or Myrica sapida, Wall.
i. The seeds of Nelumbium speciosum, Linn.
j. The stalk of the above.
k. The roots of the above (as explained in “Ayurvedartha Chandrika”).
l. Borassus flabelliformis , Linn.
m. Phoenix sylvestris, Roxb , (Wild date palm).
n. Another name for Ghritakumari, as explained by both the Comment¬ ators. Aloe Lndica, Royle.j syn. Alee perfoliata , Roxb. It should be noted that Chakrapani reads ‘tarunam,’ meaning ‘of the trees,’ viz., of Tala and Kharjjura.
644 CHAR AKA SAMH/tJ.
Here are some verses : —
These six groups that Mve, with a view to the determinatiort of enemata, been enumerated according to (difference of) taste, should be regarded as capable of curing all diseases (that are curable by enemata^,1
As regards those diseases in which enemata are beneficial, it may be said that applied in diverse combinations by a physician of knowledge and wisdom, the drugs included in the six groups mentioned above are capable of curing them all. 2
Applied to those diseases for Whose alleviation they have not been declared (as proper remedies), these groups of drugs are to be regarded even as exciting agents. 3 *
Thus have been explained the six groups of Enemata classi¬ fied according to (the principle of) Taste, 165 '
(In actually applying these drugs) the physician endued With intelligence should exclude that one, though enumerated in the list, which he regards as Unsuitable, f
Similarly, he should include those particular ones which he may regard as suitable, though unmentioned in the list.
He may combine one part with another, that is, orie drUg of one group with one of another, or more than one of one group with more than one of another, taking reason as his guide.
Like the round (for eleemosynary charity) of the religious mendicant, and seeds in the hands of a cultivator, an aphorism, however brief, in the case of persons gifted with intelligence, becomes productive of great knowledge. \ 166
* The original is very roundabout. The sense is this ! some of the drugs enumerated as Enemata have been declared as alleviatives of diseases caused by excited bile ; some as alleviatives of diseases caused by excited wind ; and some as alleviatives of diseases caused by excited phlegm. If those mentioned as alleviatives of one class of diseases be applied to another class, instead of producing any beneficial effect, they would rather excite or increase the diseases to which they are misapplied. — T.
t The unsuitability spoken of is not explained. It may refer to the unfitnesses of being combined with the others, or the Unfitness of being administered to a particular patient.— T.
+ The word ‘Bhikshuka’ here implies a ‘Bikshu,’ that is a person who, having given up the world, depends on eleemosynary charity for his sustenance.
CHARAKA SAMHITA.
p. 645
Hence as regards those that are gifted with intelligence, there is range for selection, rejection, and reasoning. While as regards those 'that are not blessed with intelligence, it is well for them that they should follow what has been expressly laid down.*
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