Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna
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Take also the ashes of the wood of Palaga ( Butea frondosa). ,
The measure of each of these drugs should be 1 pala (8 tolas).
Mix these with cow’s milk whose measure should be four times that of the several drugs taken together.
Take sesame oil of the measure of 32 seers.
Take also ghee obtained from cow’s milk, of the same measure ip. e., 32 seers):
Cook (or boil) all these together.
When well-boiled, (that is, when the watery portion has evapo¬ rated), the oily remnant should be taken down from the fire.f 35-4°
* ‘Riddhi’ farms one of the drugs which constitute the group called ‘Ashtavarga."’ It is unidentifiable. The plant that is used as a substitute for it is Bala or Sida cordifolia. — T.
t By ‘rasa’, rendered juice, Gangadhara explains, is meant decoction. Hence, accord¬ ing to him, the deCOction of each of the drugs mentioned should he taken.
The decoction should be prepared in the following way : take .32 seers of each ingredient.; add water 4 times their measure ; boil till a fourth part ©f the liquid remains.
As ^regards the ashes of Palaga, the quantity, as explained by Gangadhara, should toe boiled with water measuring 6 times and strained 21 times.
By ‘pafonmitan bhagSti’ is implied, as Gabgadhara says, the paste of each of the drugs, measuring 1 pala. — T.
CH A R A K AS A M HI 7 A .
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With the product thus obtained should be mixed an ‘adhaka’ (or 8 seers) of Phyllanthus Emblica reduced to powder.
It should be noted that the fruits of Phyllanthus Emblica, before being powdered, should be soaked a hundred times in the expressed juice of fruits of their own species.
Add new honey of the measure of 16 seers.
Throw into the product thus obtained sugar of the measure of I patra (8 seers) ;
also ‘Tugakhiri’ (bamboo manna) of the measure of two seers ;
also the fruits of Piper longum , reduced to powder, of the measure of 2 seers.
Then stir these with a ladle, and throw the contents into a clean and well-washed earthen jar which has been allowed to suck as much ghee as possible.
Keep them in that vessel for five and ten days. (The product then becomes fit for administration).
The dose to be administered should be according to the strength of one’s digestive fire. 41-43
Take the pulv of gold, copper, coral, ivory, crystal, pearls, stones of lapis lazuli, conchs, and silver, each weighing one-sixteenth of the measure of the dose that may be determined.
Add the several varieties of pulv to the dose of the medicine and then take it.
While continuing to use the medicine, one should refrain from toil and sexual congress.
When the medicine is digested, one should take boiled rice of the ‘shastika’ variety, with a copious measure of milk and ghee. 44-45
This ‘Rasayana is an alleviative of all sorts of. diseases. It gene¬ rates semen. It promotes longevity. It strengthens the mind, the memory, the body, the digestive fire, the intellect, and the senses. It is the foremost of all medicines that impart vigour to the constitution. It improves the complexion as well. It counteracts the action of poisons and the Genius of Adversity.* It imparts to one the power of knowing the past.
They who desire to have their objects fulfilled at will, to retain
* ‘Alakshmi’, the reverse of ‘Lakshmi.’ The latter is the goddess of Prosperity. Hence, the former is the genius of Adversity. Vide note in page 1048, ante. — T.
CH4RAKA-SAMHITA.
io6s their youth, to preserve the capacity of being liked or loved by all,* and to acquire fame in this world, should use this Vedic ‘Rasayana’ of unlimited puissance, agreeably to the ordinances laid down. 46-48 For those that are endued with strength, those that are free from diseases, those that are intellectual, those that have their minds under control, those that are of a forgiving disposition, and those that have men and riches at their command, for them only is the ordinance about entering a hut (for taking this Rasayana) beneficial. 49
Unto those that are of a different disposition the ordinace about entering a hut does not apply. On the other hand, they, while taking this ‘Rasayana’, should expose themselves to both sun and wind. Of the two methods (viz , entering a hut and exposure to sun and wind) the former is certainly superior. It should, however, be stated that the superior method is exceedingly difficult of observance.! 5°
If in consequence of any deviation from the rules regarding the use of ‘Rasayana’ diseases set in, the taking of the (Rasayana) should be suspended, and the treatment should be taken up of those diseases. Si
RASAYANA OF CONDUCT.
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