Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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h. Cyperus rotundus , Linn.
i. Circunia longa , Roxb.
j. Melia Azadirachta, Linn. ; syn. Azadirachta Indica.
k. Zizyphus jujuba , Lamk.
l. Ocimuvt Sanctum, Linn.
m. Rubia cordifolia, Linn. ; syn. Rtibia Miinjistd, Roxb-.
‘f The porcine deer. — T.
n. Nerium odorum ; the sweet-scented oleander, o. Aganosma Caryophyllata, G. Don-. ; syn. Echites caryophyllata, Roxb:
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The woman, when she feels the sensation of itching, should abstain from scratching the part for avoiding the disfigurement due to sores on the skin. '
If the itching be irresistible, she may (without scratching) knead and rub the part for subduing the sensation.
She should have, in small measure, all kinds of food that are regarded sweet and alleviative of wind. Such food should have very little of oil and salt.
After taking such food, she should have for drink a small measure of water.'1
In the eighth month she should take, at proper intervals, every day, milk mixed with gruel of barley and boiled with ghee.
Such diet is not proper for her, said Bhadrakapya, for, by taking such diet, her child may catch the defect of having brown eyes.*
Let the defect of brown eyes take place, said the illustrious Punarvasu of Atri’s race.
To have recourse to such food cannot be improper, since she who takes it brings forth an offspring that is endued with wealth of health, strength, complexion, voice, and frame, and that becomes the foremost of his kinsfolk.'2
In the ninth month, she should have administered unto her enemata made of oils boiled with that group of drugs which is called sweet.
She should have also sticks of cotton, soaked in oil, inserted into her genital organ in order to make the passage oily for facility of delivery.'8
All those acts which have been laid down, regarding a woman that has conceived, touching the commencement of her conception and the period of gestation beginning with the first month and end¬ ing with the ninth, help to soften her abdominal cavity, loins, flanks, and the back.
The wind also in her body, in consequence of those acts, moves in the normal or usual directions.
The urine and stools also, remaining in their normal condition, reach their channels of outlet without obstruction of any kind.
Her skin and nails, too, become soft,
* In India, from very ancient times, black eyes, that is, eyes with black pupils, are regarded beautiful in both males and females. Tawny, or brown, or cat-like eyes are regarded as a defect. Manu says that a girl with tawny or brown eyes should not be wedded.— T.
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CHARAKA SAMHITA.
Her strength and complexion also grow.
In consequence of all this, she brings forth, without pain at the proper time, a superior child that becomes happy and endued with wealth of attributes*74
Before the ninth month, the lying-in- room should be caused to be erected for her.
It should be constructed upon a spot that is free from bones, gravels, and fragments of earthen waref
The ' place selected should be foremost in respect of sight, taste, and smell.j
The construction should have its entrance facing the east or the north.75
In that building should be collected a sufficient quantity of wood qf Vilwa (a), Tinduka ( b ), Inguda ( c ), Bhallataka (d), Varuna (e), Khadira (/), and wood of other kinds which Brahmanas versed in the Atharva Veda may declare to be beneficial.
It should also be equipt. with abundance of cloths, plasters and liniments, covers, and coverlets.
With the aid, again, of the essence of the science of buildings t ‘ Asthi’ is bones, These are regarded as inauspicious. Frequently, to this day, in India, if a succession of misfortunes overtakes a family, particularly in the form of deaths, priests and astrologers are employed to find out, by incantations, the bones buried in the land whereon the family dwelling house is built.
* What advantage is gained by the skin and the nails becoming soft it is hot easy to see. The wind moves in its usual or normal direction, and keeps up her health. During the period of gestation, it is the wind that is most likely to become vitiated. — T.
‘ Qarkara js gravels; and ‘kapala’, fragments of earthenware. These also are directed to be removed from the spot whereon the lying-in-room is to be erected.— T.
J The site should be on a piece of land that: is, in respect of sight, taste, and smell, foremost. No barren spot, or no spot which does not command a good scenery, should be selected. Brahmanas learned in the scriptures bearing upon buildings and other constructions, are employed. In selecting sacrificial compounds, the same rules are observed as in selecting sites of lying-in-rooms. — T.
a. AZgle marmelos, Corr.
b. Diospyros Embryopteris , Pers.j syn. Diospyros gluiinosa, Koenig.
c. Balanites Roxburgii , Planchon. ; syn. Ximenia /Egyptiaca, Boxb.
d. Semecarpus Anacardium, Linn.;
e. Cratmva religiosa, Forst. ; syn. Capparis trifoliata , Roxb.
f. Acacia Catechu , Linn. \ syn, Mimosa catechu , Linn.
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the sites should be designed of fire, water, mortars and pestles, privy, bathing, and cooking.
It should meet the requirements of the season/0*
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