Charaka-Samhita — trans. Kaviraj Avinash Chandra Kaviratna

Sesame seeds, taken before dinner, with Oils and the inspissated juice of the sugarcane, oilifies the body. Such Kricaras also as are very oily, taken before dinner, produce the same effect.

kaviraja. The fact is, the administration of Oils is no longer resorted to and, therefore, the error is immaterial so far as practice is concerned. — T.

+ The sense is that the broth of these animals should be mixed with Oils if mixed O Is have to be prescribed. Lavas are a sort of quail, viz. , the Perdix Chinensis. Tittiri is the Francoline Partridge. — T.

(a) Hordeum hexasiichum.

(b) Zizyphus Jujuba.

(c) Dolichos biflorus. ,

(d) Punica Granatum.

+ The sense is that these are some of the articles that may be mixed with the broth which is to be mixed with the Oils’prescribed. The gruel of the first of these is to be taken. The juice of .the Punica Granatum is to be used. The spices are to be powdered. — T.

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Similarly, gruels with abundance of sesame seeds, act in the same way.*81

One whose body has become dry should drink wine mixed with the inspissated juice of the sugarcane and powdered ginger and oil of mustard, and after the wine thus taken has been digested, one should eat food mixed with roasted meat.f82

When one’s wind has been excited, one should, with the barm of the wine called Varuni, drink oil of mustard seeds, or fa,t or marrow ; or milk with the inspissated juice of the sugarcane. By doing this, one becomes sufficiently oiled. J83

By drinking warm milk as it comes out of the udders ( of the cow), mixing it with Oils and sugar, or by drinking the cream of curds, mixed with the inspissated juice of the sugarcane, one be¬ comes sufficiently oiled.81

The five ( well-known ) substances, each of the measure of two Palas, should be drunk, ft drunk, the beverage will oilify the drinker. Then, again, the Payasa made by boiling Masha (a) in milk and which is known to be very oily, if drunk, will oilify the drinker.il85

* * Purvam ’ is explained by the Commentators as implying ‘before dinner’ i.e,, before taking substantial food, or while the stomach is empty. ‘ Kriyara ’ is a kind of pudding prepared with milk and sesame-seeds and Sugar. ‘ Kamvalika ’ is a kind of gruel. ICrifaras that are very oily are gruels of sesame and Phaseolus Roxburghii — T.

t The three things, viz., inspissated juice of sugarcane, powdered ginger, and mustard oil, should all be mixed with wine. ‘ Bhrita ’ is ‘ Bhatitrikrita ’ or roasted.— T.

J The sense is this : when one’s wind becomes excited, one becomes dry. At such a time, one should drink barm of Varuni wine with either mustard oil, or animal fat, or animal marrow ; or, one may, at such a time, take milk with the inspissated juice of the sugarcane. — T.

|| In this Verse two separate drinks are spoken of. The first drink is called by the name of ‘ Pancha-prasritaki.’ The second drink is the kind of ‘ Payasa ’ indicated. ( Peya is feminine, ‘ payasah ’ is masculine). ‘ Prasritaki ’ implies a measure of 2 Palas, or about a handful. The five articles, each of whifh is to be taken of this measure, are, as explained in the next Verse, Ghee, mustard oil, fat, marrow, and rice, « Payasa’ is a kind of pudding,— 2',

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A drink made of Ghee, mustard oil, fat, marrow, and the cold infusion of rice, each of the measure of two Palas, is called the five¬ fold Prasritaki. This drink should be taken by one that is desirous of oilifying one’s body.80

One afflicted with leprosy or dropsy, or' urinary affictions, should not, in oilifying one’s body, use the meat of domestic animals or of those that belong to marshy regions, or of those that belong to water. Such a person should not also use molasses or curds or milk or sesame seeds. For persons afflicted with such diseases, such articles as may be beneficial to their respective constitutions should be boiled with the unmixed Oils that may be prescribed for them and thus should the physician correct the Oils he is to administer by boiling them with the juice of Draksha, Amlaka, curds, and Amla, mixing the corrected Oils with the three spices.*87'88.

The juice of Yava, of Kola, and of Kulattha, milk, wine, and curds, and the Ghee of milk, — these should be boiled together for producing a Ghee that is regarded the best for purposes of oilifying the body .f 8 9

Oil, marrow, fat, and Ghee, corrected by being boiled with the juice of Vadara and the infusion of the triple fruit, should be administered in diseases of women in respect of the genital organ and of men in respect of the vital seed.j;90

* The Oils are to be corrected in this way for persons afflicted with the diseases mentioned in the previous Verse. The Commentators point out that the Oils are to oe boiled either with Pippali or with Haritaki, or with the infusion of the tr ple fruit, or with the juice of Draksha and Amlaka and curds and Amla mixed together. Pippali is Piper longum, syn. Chavica Roxburghii. Haritaki is Terminalia chebula ; Draksha is Vitis Vinifera. ( The dried fruits are called Kismiss.) Amlaka is Phyllanlhiis emblica. Amla here refers to the juice of any kind of sour fruit or vegetable. — T.