Ayurvedamahodadhi (Annapanavidhi section) 307

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yad dravyaṃ śaṅkhavarṇaṃ himapaṭalanibhaṃ cārugandhaḥ suśītaṃ
gaṅgāpānīyaśubhraṃ yuvatikaram ayasphālanāñjarjaraṃ ca /
manthānenānuviddhaṃ karatalarabhasād budvudākāraphenaṃ
tat takraṃ sūpadhūpaṃ tv amṛtaguṇanibhaṃ bhāgyavantaḥ pibanti // 24 //

The substance which is conch-coloured, resembling a mass of snow, of pleasant scent, very cold, / bright as the water of the Gaṅgā, churned by the striking of the hands of young women, / pierced by the churning-stick with the haste of the palms, with froth in the form of bubbles— / that takra, fumigated with pulse, resembling the quality of ambrosia, the fortunate drink. // 24