Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

The physician conversant with the methods of compounding should cause cerebral purgatives to be prepared according to what has been laid down in Lesson II (of SutrasthSna) called ‘ApSmSrgaTunduliya’, and in Lesson VIII, of the Division called Vimâna, named ‘Roga-Bhishakjitiya.’ These cerebral purgatives are alleviative of fever.f 245

* Ghee, which should be old, and the oil of sesame, should be together 4 seers, the paste should be one seer ; cow’s milk should be 4 seers ; and water should be 12 seers. — T.

t In bot the Lessons' mentioned here, occur instructions about cerebral purgatives. — T.

CHA RA KA - SA MHITA .

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Those oils (for snuffing) and those sticks whose smoke should be inhaled, mentioned in the Lesson called ‘MstrSgitiya’ (viz., V of SutrasthSna), should be administered in fever also (for their beneficial effects in that disease). 246

Distributing fever into two classes, viz., cold and hot, the physi¬ cian should, according to his desire, use ‘Abhyangas’ (oils for rubbing the body with), ‘Pradehas’ (plasters), and ‘Parishekas’ (baths). 247

The physician should administer, for the alleviation of burning fevers, ghee that has been washed a thousand times, or oils such as ‘Chandanadika’, &c.* 248

We shall now lay down instructions about the method of prepar¬ ing the oil called ‘Chandanadika.’

Chandana (Pterocarpus santalinus), £aleya (otherwise called Sulpha or dill seeds), f Bhadragriya (Santalum albunp, Kalanusaryya (other¬ wise called £ailaja, a species of lichen), Bhandi (otherwise called Bhandi, Clerodendron infortunatmn), Kaliya (a variety of black sandal wood), Padma (otherwise called Bhargi, Clerodendron siphomanthus ), Padmaka (otherwise called Padmakashtha, a fragrant wood resem¬ bling toon), Ushira ( Andropogon muricatum ), Sariva ( Hemidesmus Indicus) Madhuka (liquorice), Prapaundarika (root-stock of Nymphoea lotus), Nagapushpa (otherwise called Nagakecara, Mesua fetreci), Udichya(or Bala, Pavonia odorata ), Balya (the group called Balya or tonics, viz., 1. Aindri, 2. Rishabhi, 3. Atirasa, 4. Rishyaprokta, 5. Payasya, 6. Acwagandha, 7. Sthira, 8. Rohini, 9. Bala, 10. Atibala, — vide Sutrasthana, Lesson IV, aphorism 13, p. 32), Padma ( Nelumbium speciosum of the white variety), (^atapatra (a variety of Nelumbium speciosum having a hundred petals), Visa (lotus stalks), Mrinala (smaller stalks of the lotus), £aluka (the root-stock of Nelumbium speciosum and other plants of the same' genus), £aivfila ( Vallisneria octandra ), Kaferuka ( Scirpus Kysoor ), and Ananta, ((roots of Hemidesmus Indicus) ; 249

Ku?a (Poa cynosuroides), Ka?a ( Saccharum spontaneum ), Ikshu ( Saccharum officinaruni), Darbha ( Saccharum cylindricum), (^aramula

* How ‘ChandanSdika’ oils are prepared is explained in the following aphorisms. — T. t Some commentators take <JaHeya as Sulpha or dill seeds. Generally, Qaileya is known also by the name of Qailaja, which means a species of lichen. It is difficult to say in what sense the word is used here. — T.

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CH ARAK A-SAMH I T A.

(roots of Saccharum Sard), Nalamula (roots of At undo karka), (^alimula (roots of paddy of the red variety), Jamvu ( Eugenia Jambolana ), Vetra ( Calamus rotang ), Vetasa (otherwise called Paniamlaka, Flacourtia cataphracta ), Vanira (a variety of Calamus rotang), Gundra ( Panicum uliginosum),* Kukubha (otherwise called Arjuna, Pentaptera Arjunci), Asana (otherwise called Pitagala, Pentaptera tomentosd), Acwakarna (a variety of Shorea robusta \ Syandana (otherwise called Nemivriksha, not identifiable), Vatapotha (otherwise called Kingguka, Butea ftondosd, (jlala ( Shorea robusta ), Tala ( Borassus jlabelliformis ), Dhava ( Canocarpus latifolid , Tinisa ( Ougenia Dalbergioides ), Khadira ( Acacia Catechu), Kadara (a white variety of Khadira or Acacia Catechu), Kadamva ( Nauclea Cadamba ), Kacmaryya ( Gmelina arborea), Phala (Madanaphala, fruit of Randia durnetoruni), Swarja (Shorea robusta of the larger variety), Plaksha ( Ficus infectorid), Vata ( Ficus Indicd,\ Kapitana (otherwise called Amrataka, Spondias mangifera, the hogplum), Udumvara ( Ficus glomerata), Agwattha {Ficus religiose i), Nyagrodha (Ficus Indicd, Lodhra {Symplocos racemose t), Dhataki {Woodfordia floribunda, syn., Grislea tomentosd ), Durva {Panicum Dactylori), Itkata (called Ikre in Bengali), (^ringataka {Trapa bispinosd), Manjistha {Rubia cordifolid, Jyotishmati {Cardiospermum Halicacabum) : 2S° Pushkaravija (seeds (5f Nelumbium speciosum), Kraunchadana (otherwise called Ghanchulaka, an esculent root resembling Colocasia antiquorum), Vadavi (otherwise called Kola, Zizyphus Jujuba), Kovidara (otherwise called Rakta-kanchana, Bauhinia variegata ), Kadali {Musa sapientum ), Samvartaka (otherwise called Mustaka, Cyperus rotundus }, Arishtaka (otherwise called Nimva, Melia Azadirachtd, £ataparva (a variety of Panicum Dactylori), £itakumbhika (an aquatic plant), (^atavari {Asparagus racemosus ), ^riparni (otherwise called Gambhari, Gmelina arborea), Rohini' {Picrorrhiza Kutroa), ^ravani (otherwise called Rakta-munderi, Sphceranthus hittus), Mahagravani (otherwise called £weta-munderi, a variety of Sphceranthus hirtus), (^aitapaki (otherwise called Berela, Sida cordifolid,, Odanpaki (other¬ wise called Nilajhinti, Barleria cristata, of the blue variety), Kala