Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

and pearls, and inclined to serve every wish, are capable of alleviating the burning sensation in fever, by attractive bearing. 261

Cooling food and drink, cooling groves, and cooling breezes, and rays of the moon, alleviate fever with burning sensation. 262

Of persons afflicted with fever in which things hot are desired, we shall expound the needful ‘Abhyangas’ and other processes of treatment.* 263

Aguru (Aquilaria Agallocha), Kushtha ( Aplotaxis auriculata), Tagara ( Taberncemontana coronaria), Nalada (Andropogon muricatum), Patra (leaves of Cinnamomum Tatriala ), Saileyaka (a variety of lichen),. Dhyfimaka {Hetnionites cordifolia), Harenuka ( Piper aurantiacum), Sthauneyaka (otherwise called Granthiparni, a sort of gall caused by insects on a tree), Kshemaka (otherwise called Haridra, Cur- . cuma longa),\ Ela (cardamoms of the large variety), Varfingadala (leaves Of Priyangu or Aglaia Roxburghiana ), Pusha (the exudation Of Balsamodendron Mukul ), Tamalapatra (leaves of Cinnamomum T'dmala ), Bhutika: (otherwise called Yamani, Ptyehotis Ajowan ), Rauhisha (a variety of Kattrina, Hemionites cordifolia ), Sarala ( Pinus longi/olia), <£alwaki (otherwise called £ilarasa, Liquidamber orientalis ), Devadaru ( Pinus deodara ), Agnimantha ( Premna serrati/olia), Vilwa {AEgle Marmelos), £yonaka {Bignonia Indica ), Kagmaryya (otherwise called Gambhari, Gmelina arborea), Patala ( Bignonia suaveolens), Punarnav5 {Boerhavia diffusa ), Vrihati {Solanum Indicum), Kantakari ( Solanum Xanthocarpum), Vrischira ( Boerhavia of the white variety), £alaparni (Desmodium Gangeticum), Prisniparni {Doodia lagopodioides), MSshaparni ( Teramnus iabiaiis, s'yn. Glycine debilis), Mudgaparni {Phaseolus trilobus ) ; 264

Gokshura ( Tribulus lanuginosus),' Eranda ( Ricinus Communis), £obhanjana ( Moringa pterygosperma), Varuna ( Capparis trifoliata), Arka ( Calatropis gigantea), Chiravilwa (otherwise called Naktamfila, (Pongamia glabra ), Tilwaka (otherwise called Lodhra, Symplocos racemosd), £ati ( Curcuma Zerumbet), Pushkaramula (not identifiable,

*' ‘Jwarita’ is a person afflicted with fever. ‘(JitabhiprSya’ is one who, feeling a sensa¬ tion of burning heat, wishes for cool things. So ‘Ushnabhipraya’ is one who, feeling cold, wishes for hot things.

‘Abhyangas’ are oils Sc., which are used' for rubbing' the body With.— T. t Others identify it with ‘CborakSshtha’, or ‘Ghoraka’, or ‘ChorapUsbpi’, f. Antrapogcit acicularis.—T.

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the root of Aplotaxis auriculala is substituted for it), Gandira (other¬ wise called Durva, Paniculum Dactylon ), Uruvaka (the roots of Ricinus communis of the red variety), Pattura (called ‘Vakam’ in Bengali ; it is regarded as a kind of sandal wood), Ccesalpina Sappan, syn. Swietenia febrifuga), Akshira (a variety . of Sappan or red sandal wood), Agmahtaka (powdered iron), £igru ( Moringa pterygaspetma of the red variety), Mâtulanga ( Citrus medico), Mushkaparni (otherwise called Danti, Batiospermum montanuw ), Tilaparni (Pterocarpus santalinus), Piluparni (called ‘Morata’ in Bengali ; probably, Carey a arbored), MSshagririgi ( Asclepias geminata ), Hinggra (otherwise called Kakfidani ; in Bengali, KaliyakarS ; Capparis sepiaria ), Dantagatha (i Citrus acida ), Bhallat'aka ( Semecarpus Anacardium ), Aira.vatS.ka (otherwise called Hastisundi, Heliotropium Indicum), Ashphotaka (otherwise called Vigalyakrit ; in Bengali, Haparmali or AkaramSlwi ; Echites dichotoma), Kandira ( Panicum Dactylon of the white variety),* Atmagupti ( Mucunq, pruriens ), Kakanda (probably Kakatinduka ; in Bengali, ,‘Makra-gab ; Diospyros tomentosa) ; Aishika (the' roots of (Saccharum Sara), Karanja ( Pongamia glabra), Dhanyaka {Coriandrum sativuni), Ajamoda (Pimpinella involucrata, syn. Apium involuctatum), Prithwika (otherwise called ElSsukshraa, Elettaria cardamomum) ; 2fi5