Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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The example of milk and curds also is good. Good milk, mixed with good •curds,' abandons its own nature and in consequence of the ‘ abhishavana ’ or fermentation that sets in, abandons its own nature and partakes the nature of •curds with which it has been mixed. — T.
* Vide Lesson IV ante , called ‘ Mahati-Garbhavakr5nti,’ of this very Division. — T.
f * Anupataptam ’ means ‘ not heated,’ or ‘ not burnt.’ Of course, the sense :is ‘ whose productivity has not been burnt by fire?
* Vrihi vrihitwam ’ means ‘ paddy produces that which partakes the nature of ■paddy.’ The English reader unacquainted with Sanskrit will have some idea of its terseness when the above is reproduced in its Sanskrit garb, -viz., ‘paddy (produces) that Of which faddiness is affirmed?
The different heads of causes that determine the sex of the child have beeh laid down in Lesson IV, ante.
If semen predominates, the child becomes a male ; if (menstrual) blood predominates, the child becomes a female. — T.
J Rites are actually laid down in the Vedas for performance by the mother and the father with a view to give the child in the womb the sex that is desired. These rites are called ‘ Pungsavana? The etymology of the word is— ‘Pung’ (male) ‘ suyate ’ (is produced) ‘ anena ’ (by this) ; 'in other words — ‘ the maleproducing rite? 'Whether their meaning is understood or not, these rites are ’performed to this day by every orthodox Hindu of the superior orders.
* Pungsavana ’ is performed just after the expiration of three months from . the date of conception. It should be observed that' these rites are accompanied ■by the admiriistr'afioh of some medicines to the mother.— T.
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Heoce, observing that a woman has conceived, the medi-. dries (with proper rites), called ‘ Pungsavana,’ should be ad¬ ministered to her before the manifestation, of the sex of the child in the womb.2®'* *•
Obtaining two unbroken buds from two t\vigs. procured from the eastern and northern sides of a banian ( Ficus. Indica, P,inn.\ growing in a cowpen, as also a single grain of paddy and a single seed, of ‘Masha’ (Pfaseolus, radiatus, Roxb ), both well developed, or two seeds of white mustard, and throwing them into a quantity of cprds, thewoman (that has conceived) should be made to drink it Under the eighth henar asterism, called ‘ Pushy a.’30’
Another ‘ Pungsavana ’ m.edic.ine consists of the following ::
The halka or paste of all these, viz., Jivaka {a), Risha-. bhaka ( b ), Apamfirga (d> and Sahachara ( d ), or of each, if desirable, ft should be boiled with milk (and given to the woman to. drinh).3^
Or, a Ku.dda-kitaka (e)y or a little §sh, thrown into a
* ‘ Desakala-sampatupetanam,’ literally, ‘ endued with the wealth (in the sense of propriety, or fitness, or efficiency) of place and time.’
The rites, to be effective, must be performed in proper time and at the proper place. If considerations pf tfme and place are disregarded, the result will be otherwise.
For the meaning of the word ‘ Pungsavana,’ vide- note aboye. — T.
f ‘ Cunga ’ means a bud. Here i,t implies the end or sprout of a twig..
*• Anupahata ’ is ‘ abhagna,’ that is, unbroken.
* Sampatupet5bhyam ’ is ‘ endued with wealth (of development).’
‘ Pushya’ is the eighth lunar asterism. It consists of three stars, of which, one is the Cancer.— T, a. One of the constituents of what is known as the ‘ Group of Eight ’ 01;- ‘•Ashtavarga,., It is no longer identifiable or procurable. Hindu physicians, find a substitute in Guduchi or pinaspora Cqrdifolia, Miqs. ; syn. Metiispermuni Cordifolium, IVilld.
b. This also. is. included in the ‘ Group of Eight ’ or * Ashtavarga.’ Like Jivaka, Rishabhaka also, is either not identifiable or obtainable. Its substitute is. Yangjalochana or Bamboo, manna.
c. Achyaranthqs asfiera, Linn, d. Otherwise called Jhinti, that'is, Barleriq cristata, Linn.
( 'e ) ‘ Kudda ’ is a mud wall, and 1 kitaka ’ or ‘ kita,’ an insect. Gangadhara identifies it with the insect called ‘Valli.’ Wilson gives no such word. Chakrapani takes it as another name of ‘ Jyesthi 1 .which in the North West.
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palmful of water, may be given to the woman to drink when the eighth lunar asterism, Pushya, is ascendant.3'"
Or, the' likeness of a man, of very small proportions, made of gold, or silver, or iron, made red-hot in fire andthen dipt into a measure of curds, or milk, or water, should be swallowed, . without leaving any remnant (in the vessel), under the eighth lunar asterism called Pushya.38.*
Under ' the same asterism, the woman may be made to inhale the hot vapour of ' a cake that is being baked (on the fire), and then dissolving that cake in a measure of water, ' the mixture should be cast over the threshold of the door (of the house where the woman resides). This water the woman should then, using; a stick of cotton, apply to her right nostril.8'4 +
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