Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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When the nurse (by being subjected to the above treatment) happens to have milk agreeable to the taste, copious in measure, and pure (from every kind of defect), she should then bathe, use fragrant unguents, and dress herself in white robes, and wear these drugs, viz., Aindri(y'), Brahmi(^), £ataviryya(/), Sahasraviryya(«z), Mogha(«), Avyatha(o), £iva (/), Arishta(y), Vatyapushpi(r), Vishwaksena(j), and Kanta(^).
Having worn these she should then, sitting with face towards east, give suck from her right breast, to the child.1 H a. Andropogon muricatum, Retz.
b. Rice from paddy that ripens in sixty days.
c. Rice from paddy of the ordinary red variety.
d. A variety of reed. Saccharum spontaneum.
e. Saccharum cyluidricum, Lamk ; syn. Imperata cylindrica , Beauv.
f. Poa cynosuroides.
g. A variety of saccharum.
h. Panicum uliginosum, Roxb.
i. A variety of saccharum ; generally used in hedges in Assam.
j. Called in Bengali ‘Rakhal-sasa.’
k. Used for Bhargi (in Bengali, Bamanhati). Clerordendron siphonanthus, R. Br. ; syn. Siphonanthus Indica, Lamk.
l. Panicum Dactylon, Linn., syn. Cynodon Dactylon , Pers. (The white variety is implied. )
m. The above of the blue variety.
n. Otherwise called Patala. Stereospermum suave-olens D. C. ; syn. Bignoniasuaveoleus, Roxb.
o. Another name of Haritaki or Chebulic myrobalans.
p. Another name of Amlaki : Phyllanthus Emblica, Linn.
q. Another name of Nimba. Melia Azadirachta, Linn.
r. Otherwise called Bala. Sida cordifolia, Linn.
s. Another name of Priyangu. Aglaia Roxburghiana, W. A.
t. Another name of Renuka. Piper aurantiacum. Wall.
CHARAKA -SAMHITA.
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We shall, after this, expound the ordinances relating to the apartments in which the child should he housed (after coming out of the lying in room).ZI5
One conversant with the science of building should (be set to) construct a house of the following kind for the child :
It should be large or spacious, delightful, well-lighted, unexpos¬ ed to the wind, with one portion well-ventilated, strong, free from animals that live by preying on others,* animals that have fangs, f mice, and insects, and with places conveniently situated for water mortar, urination, passing of stools, and cooking.
It should be well-suited to the requirements of the season.
It should have every equipment in respect of beds and seats, and coverlets suited to the season.
It should have everything calculated for the proper protection of the child, and rites should be performed that are ordained for making offerings to the deities, for mangala-homa , and for expiation.
It should also be filled with men endued with bodily and mental purity, possessed of years, physicians, and persons devoted to the good of the child and its parents.
Even these are the ordinances relating to the apartments in which the child is to be housed.116
The beds, coverlets, and sheets for the use of the child should be soft, light, and clean, and of agreeable smell.
Beds, coverlets, and sheets, when befouled with sweat and dirt and insects and urine and stools, should be taken out.zz7
If other (that is, fresh) beds, &c., be not obtainable, then those befouled should be adequately washed and fumigated and cleaned and dried, and given to the child for use. ”8
The following should be used for fumigating clothes and beds and coverlets and sheets, viz., barley, mustard seeds, linseeds, t The word does not mean boars and the like here, but such animals as have fangs, like snakes, &c. — T
* The word ‘jwapada’ ordinarily implies beasts of prey, such as tigers, lions, &c. Here it is used to imply smaller animals, such as snakes, &c., which live by preying upon other creatures. — T.
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CHA RAX A- SA MHITA.
assafcedita, GuggulaV), Vacha(3), Choraka(c) VayasthauT1, Golomiy), Jatila(/), Palankasha( g ) Acokaf/2), RohiniT) and sloughs of snakes.
These should be (reduced ■ to powder and) mixed with Ghee. (The smoke of these should be applied to the washed clothes). I:9
Gems should also be worn by the child.
Also little portions should be cut off from the ends of the right horns of living rhinoceruses, Rurus, Gavayas, and bovine bulls.*
Mantras also (written on scraps of paper or bark of Bhurjja) should be worn.-]'
Such herbs also as Aindri, Brahmi, &c.,| as also Jivaka(y) and Rishabhaka(/?), and other objects which Brahmanas (conversant with the Atharva Veda) may declare as beneficial, should be worn. 120
The child should also be given such toys as are well-coloured, productive of sound, delightful, light, not having pointed ends, in¬ capable of being swallowed, not destructive of life, and incapable of exciting fear.121
It is not proper to frighten the child.
Hence, when the child is crying, or not eating, or not doing anything that is proper for it to do, one should never, for the pur¬ pose of frightening it, mention Rakshasas and Picachas and Putana, &c.§122 a. Balsamodendron Muktil.
b. Acorus calamus , Linn.
c. A ndropogon acicularis, Retz.
d. Another name of Haritaki. Chebulic myrobolan.
e. White variety of Panicum Dactylon , Linn.
f. Otherwise called Jatamansi. Nardostachys Jatamansi, I>. C.
g. A variety of Guggulu. Vide note a above.
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