Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

That water which is slightly astringent in taste, thin, light (in Weight), cool, possessed of good scent, and good taste, and which is free from filth of every kind, is equal to rain-water, although it may be 'taken from rivers and lakes on the bosom of the earth. 25

Water that has been cooled after boiling, and in which sugarcandy has been dissolved, or, that which has been boiled with the roots of the five varieties of grass beginning with Sara (and in which sugarcandy has been dissolved), is equal to rain-water.

so happiness (or ease) results from the drinking of cold water unto those whose systems have been dried up (by alcohol).’ So far as style is concerned, this is nonsense. Charaka would never have written in this way. — T.

* The Calcutta edition, in the first line, reads ‘ushma.’ Gangadhara reads ‘ushna,’ but explains it as ‘Dehoshma.’ In the second line, the Calcutta edition reads ‘klSntah.’ GangSdhara reads ‘snane.’ The reading ‘UshmS.’ seems to be better. GangSdhara’s reading ‘SnSne’ has been accepted in our version, — T.

tESSON XXII.]

CHARAKA-SAMHITA.

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The ‘mantha’ prepared with rain-water of fried paddy or of the flour of fried barley, mixed with sugar, and honey ;* 26 or the cold ‘vatya’ of raw barley, mixed with honey and sugar, may be given to the patient.

Or, the ‘peya’ made with ‘£ali’ rice or with rice obtained from the variety of paddy called ‘Koradusha,’ may be given.f 27

Or, rice is prescribable that has been boiled with milk and mixed with honey and sugar.

Or, boiled rice may be given with meat-juice prepared from the flesh of pigeon, fried in ghee , and even mixed with salt and anything that is sour. 28

Or, well-dressed meat-juice prepared from the flesh of wild animals, and boiled with the decoction of the roots of the five varie¬ ties of grass (known by the name of ‘Trina-panchamula’) as also, with that of ‘Munjataka’ (a bulb from the Himalayas), and that of Piyala ( Buchanania latifolia ), is commendable ;

or, milk boiled with the decoctions mentioned above, and mixed with sugar and honey, is prescribable. 29

Or, the patient afflicted with thirst, having rubbed his body with ghee that has been washed a hundred times and having bathed in. cold water, may take milk.

Or, the soup of Mudga (the seeds of Phaseolus Mungo), or that of Masura (the seeds of Cicer lens), or that of Chanaka ( Cicer arietinum ), fried in ghee, may be given. 3°

Or, milk boiled with the group of drugs called ‘Jivaniya’ together with such articles as are sweet, or, milk boiled with things that are (cooling together with those that are bitter, each mixed with honey and sugar, may be given to the patient for drink or for rubbing or drenching his body with. 31

Or, the ghee that is raised from milk boiled as above, is beneficial as drink, or for. rubbing the body with, or even as an errhine.

Or, the patient may take as an errhine the milk of a woman

* ‘Mantha’ is a thin preparation, as explained ante — T.

t Vatya’ is a thin preparation. Raw barley is soaked in cold water. It is really tha .infusion -of barley.— X.

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mixed with sugar ; or the milk of the camel, similarly mixed ; or the juice of the sugarcane. 32

Or, gargles of milk, of the juice of the sugarcane, of water mixed with treacle, of water mixed with sugar etc., as alsa of honey, of the wine called ‘Sidhu,’ of the wine called ‘Madhvika,’ of water in which tamarind has been dissolved, and of the juice of Matulunga {Citrus ■medico) remove'ithe dryness of the palate.* 33

Plasters made of (the leaves, of) Jamvu {Eugenia Jambolana), of (those of) Amrataka {Spondias mangifera), of (those of) Vadara (jujubes), of (those ofj Vetasa {Calamus Rotang), and of the group of five leaves {viz.y those of mango, black-berry AEgle marmelos , Citrus Medica, and wood-apple), rendered sour (by adding sour juices),, applied ’on the chest, the mouth, and the head, cure supervening swoons, vertigo, and thirst.f 34

Plaster made of the pastes of Dadirna {Punica Granatum ), Kapittha {Feronia Elephantu m\ Lodhra {Symplocos racemosa), Vidari ( Batatus Paniculatus), and Vijapuraka ( Citrus Medica ), as also the plaster made of Gaura {Curcuma tonga) and Amalaka (the fruits of Phyllanthus Emblica) reduced to paste with ghee and ‘aranfila’ (other¬ wise-called ‘kanji’), applied on the head, are beneficial (in that variety of Thirst which is accompanied by swoons, &c. 35

(jlaivala {Blyxa octandra), Panka (soft clay obtained from the bottom of lakes or tanks, &c.), and Amvuruha (flowers of the lotus) j Amla (kanji), ghee, and the flour of fried barley ;

Plaster made of each of these two sets is beneficial in Thirst.

The touch of cloths, soaked in Mastu (cream of curds), or in ‘Aranala’ (kanji) as also, the touch of Kamala (lotus flowers) and of ‘Manihara’ (necklaces made of gems), alleviates Thirst. 3&