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# Anandakanda 1.16

Ānandakanda 1.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.1)

Āk, 1, 16  
\<1. aṅkolakalpaḥ\>  
atha bravīmyahaṃ devi kalpamaṅkolabījakam /  
caturbhiḥ sādhakair dhīrairviśuddhaiḥ śuddhikāṅkṣibhiḥ //

> Āk, 1, 16  
> \<1. Aṅkolakalpa\>  
> Now, O Goddess, I will declare the recipe of aṅkola seeds. / By four steadfast practitioners, purified and desiring purification,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.2)

samavetaḥ sādhakendraiḥ puṇyarkṣeṣvārabhecca tat /  
aṅkolamūlaṃ vitṛṇaṃ kṛtvā saṃmārjya śodhanam //

> assembled together with foremost practitioners, one should begin it during auspicious asterisms. / Having cleared the root of the aṅkola of grass, and having swept and cleaned it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.3)

tatra liṅgaṃ ca saṃsthāpya tadagre sthāpayedghaṭam /  
ekasūtreṇa badhnīyālliṅgāṅkolaghaṭān priye //

> and having established a liṅga there, one should place a jar in front of it. / One should bind the liṅga, the aṅkola, and the jar with a single cord, O dear one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.4)

gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ pūjāmaghoreṇa prakalpayet /  
pratimāsaṃ divā naktaṃ puṣpādi phalitāvadhi //

> One should perform worship with fragrant flowers and the like, using the Aghora mantra, / every month, by day and night, \[from\] the blossoms until fruiting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.5)

gṛhītvā tatphalaṃ pakvaṃ pūrayettadghaṭaṃ phalaiḥ /  
yoginībhairavīprītyai mahāpūjāṃ vidhāya ca //

> Taking that ripe fruit, one should fill that jar with the fruits; / and having performed a great worship for the pleasure of the yoginīs and Bhairavī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.6)

ānīya tadghaṭaṃ gehe śoṣayedātape phalam /  
vituṣāṇi ca bījāni kuryāt tanmukhagharṣaṇam //

> having brought that jar home, one should dry the fruit in the sun. / One should make the seeds huskless and rub their tips.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.7)

kuryāttato viśālāsye pātre mṛccūrṇalepanam /  
ekaikaśaścordhvamukhaṃ ropayedbhujagākṛti //

> Then, one should smear an earth powder on a broad-mouthed vessel; / one by one, facing upwards, one should arrange them in the form of a serpent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.8)

tatastu ṭaṅkaṇaṃ tadvat tattadvaktreṣu lepayet /  
tatpātraṃ kāṃsyapātre ca sthāpayet tadadhomukham //

> Then, one should likewise smear borax onto their respective mouths. / One should place that vessel inside a bronze vessel, turned upside down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.9)

ātape dhārayeddhīmānpalalaiśca tirodadhet /  
dine dine cyutaṃ tailaṃ gṛhṇīyāddinapañcakam //

> The wise one should keep it in the sun and conceal it with straw. / Day by day he should collect the oil that has dripped, for five days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.10)

tattailaṃ kācakūpyantaḥ sthāpayecca samantrakam /  
ardhamātrāṅkolatailaṃ dviguṇaṃ tilatailakam //

> One should place that oil inside a glass flask, accompanied by mantras. / Half a measure of aṅkola oil, and twice as much sesame oil:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.11)

nāsārandhradvaye nasyaṃ jarāmṛtyuvināśanam /  
sa jīvettriśataṃ varṣaṃ sarvāmayavivarjitaḥ //

> nasal administration in both nostrils destroys senescence and death. / He will live for three hundred years, freed from all diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.12)

rogādijalapāśādyair bhramādyaiśca viṣeṇa ca /  
gatāsūnāṃ nṛṇāṃ nasyaṃ kuryātpuṃśuklamiśritam //

> For men whose lives have departed through illness and the like, water, ropes and the like, dizziness and the like, or poison, / one should perform nasal administration \[of it\] mixed with male semen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.13)

mṛtasūtaṃ ca tailaṃ te jīvanti ca na saṃśayaḥ /  
mṛtasaṃjīvanī vidyā pūrvoktā kathitānaghe //

> With dead mercury and oil, they revive, there is no doubt. / The knowledge of reviving the dead has been told, O sinless one, as stated before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.14)

\<anye rasāyanakalpāḥ\>  
elābhayā vacā kākatuṇḍīphalamaruṣkaraḥ /  
sahadevī nimbapatraṃ lāṅgalīkandameva ca //

> \<Other rasāyana recipes\>  
> Cardamom, abhayā, vacā, the fruit of kākatuṇḍī, aruṣkara, / sahadevī, nimba leaf, and the bulb of lāṅgalī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.15)

samāṃśaṃ śoṣayedyantre pātāle tailamāharet /  
tattailaṃ nasyamādadyātsaptāhāntaritaṃ priye //

> one should dry equal parts; in a pātāla apparatus one should extract the oil. / One should take that oil as nasal medicine at intervals of seven days, O dear one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.16)

evaṃ varṣe kṛte nasye sahasrāyurbhavennaraḥ /  
nīlikāmūlasaṃyuktaṃ tailaṃ cārdhapalaṃ pibet //

> Nasal administration being performed in this way for a year, a man attains a lifespan of a thousand years. / And one should drink half a pala of the oil combined with nīlikā root.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.17)

vatsarājjāyate siddho valīpalitavarjitaḥ /  
jīvedbrahmadinaṃ tryabdādvāyuvego mahābalaḥ //

> In one year he becomes perfected, free from wrinkles and grey hair. / From three years he lives for a day of Brahmā, with the speed of wind and great strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.18)

bhṛṅgīrasaṃ kṛṣṇajīraṃ prasthaṃ prasthaṃ prakalpayet /  
nīlotpalaṃ ca madhukaṃ prasthārdhaṃ ca pṛthagbhavet //

> One should take one prastha of bhṛṅgī juice, and one prastha of black cumin; / blue water lily and licorice should each be half a prastha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.19)

tilatailaṃ pañcapalaṃ pācayetsarvamekataḥ /  
tailāvaśiṣṭaṃ tattailaṃ jarā mṛtyuśca naśyati //

> Five palas of sesame oil: one should cook it all together. / That oil, left over from cooking the oil, destroys senescence and death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.20)

ardhaniṣkaṃ caikaniṣkaṃ sārdhaniṣkaṃ krameṇa ca /  
tailapramāṇamityuktam abdāñjīvecchatatrayam //

> Half a niṣka, one niṣka, and one and a half niṣkas, in order: / this is stated to be the dosage of the oil; one will live for three hundred years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.21)

iṣṭikākṣipalaṃ kṣiptvā karṣaikamudakaiḥ pibet /  
vatsarātpalitaṃ hanti sahasrāyurbhavennaraḥ //

> Having added one pala of iṣṭikākṣi, he should drink one karṣa with water. / In a year it destroys grey hair, and a man will live for a thousand years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.22)

sarpākṣī kākamācī ca sahadevī ca bhṛṅgarāṭ /  
kākatuṇḍīphalaṃ nimbaṃ parṇaṃ vākucibījakam //

> Sarpākṣī, kākamācī, sahadevī, and bhṛṅgarāja, / the fruit of kākatuṇḍī, nimba, leaves and seeds of vākucī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.23)

samūlāṃ devadālīṃ ca brāhmīmūlaṃ phalatrayam /  
mūlaṃ ca vājigandhāyā nīlakoraṇḍapatrakam //

> devadālī along with its roots, brāhmī root, the three fruits, / root of vājigandhā, and leaves of blue koraṇḍa:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.24)

samaṃ samaṃ kanyakāyā dravaiśca paribhāvayet /  
saptāhaṃ śoṣayeccūrṇaṃ chāyāyāṃ trimadhuplutam //

> equal parts of each, one should thoroughly steep with the juice of kanyā. / For seven days one should dry the powder in the shade, drenched in the three sweets.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.25)

dvikarṣaṃ pratyahaṃ sevyaṃ vatsareṇa jarāṃ jayet /  
ā candratārakaṃ jīvenmahābalayutaḥ sukham //

> Two karṣas should be consumed every day; within a year one conquers senescence. / He lives happily as long as the moon and stars endure, endowed with great strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.26)

\<mahākāmeśvarakalpaḥ\>  
cāturjātakacoracandanajaladrākṣātugāreṇukaṃ kastūrītagarendukuṅkumajaṭākuṣṭhāśvagandhābdakam /  
kaṅkolāmaradārucitrakaviṣaṃ dve jīrake saindhavaṃ bhārṅgīgokṣuradevapuṣpamusalīyaṣṭībalāphenakam //

> \<The Mahākāmeśvara Preparation\> / Cāturjātaka, cora, candana, jala, drākṣā, tugā, reṇuka, musk, tagara, camphor, saffron, jaṭāmāṃsī, kuṣṭha, aśvagandhā, abdada, / kaṅkola, amaradāru, citraka, viṣa, the two jīrakas, rock salt, bhārṅgī, gokṣura, devapuṣpa, musalī, yaṣṭī, balā, phenaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.27)

raṃbhākandaphalatrayaṃ trikaṭukaṃ jātīphalaṃ vāśakaṃ tālīśaṃ kaṭukīphalaṃ gajakaṇā māṣāmṛtāśarkarā /  
picchābhṛṅgavidārikāmadanakaṃ bījaṃ ca kacchūdbhavaṃ śālmalyaṅghripunarnavāgaruśatāvaryapyatho dīpyakam //

> rambhākanda, the three fruits, the three pungents, jātīphala, vāśaka, tālīśa, kaṭukīphala, gajakaṇā, māṣa, amṛtā, sugar, / picchā, bhṛṅga, vidārikā, madanaka, seed of kapikacchū, root of śālmali, punarnavā, agaru, śatāvarī, and also dīpyaka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.28)

pādāṃśaṃ mṛtamabhrakaṃ ca vijayā tulyauṣadhānāṃ samā sarveṣāṃ sadṛśā sitā ca madhunā cājyena saṃyojitā /  
jātīcampakaketakādikusumaiḥ seveta saṃvāsitaṃ karṣārdhaṃ niśi dehasiddhidamahākāmeśvaraḥ kāmadaḥ //

> a fourth part of incinerated mica; vijayā equal to \[any one of\] the herbs; white sugar equal to the whole lot; blended with honey and ghee; / perfumed with flowers such as jasmine, campaka, and ketakī; one should consume half a karṣa at night—this Mahākāmeśvara bestows perfection of the body and fulfills desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.29)

puṃsāṃ śukravivṛddhidārḍhyakaraṇe kṣīrānupānaṃ hitaṃ śālmalyaṅghrijalānupānam athavāpyanyacca yacchukralam /  
prauḍhānāṃ sudṛśāṃ sukhātisukhado vaśyo mahādrāvakaḥ saṅge bhaṅgurakāmakautukarasaḥ krīḍākalāmodadaḥ //

> For increasing semen and producing firmness in men, an anupāna of milk is beneficial, or an anupāna of decoction of śālmali root, or anything else that increases semen. / It gives extreme pleasure to mature women of fine eyes, causes subjugation, is a great liquefier, creates delight in the marvel of passionate desire in union, and bestows joy in the arts of love-play.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.30)

saṃbhoge sthavirāgniyoṣiti made yūnāṃ smare darpahā nityānandanidānam ādipuruṣair apyāhitāsvādanaḥ /  
vācāṃ siddhikaraḥ prakṛṣṭakavitāsaṃdarbhasaṃpādanaḥ saukhyārogyaviśeṣayauvanakalāsāmagryasaṃdhāyakaḥ //

> In sexual congress it destroys the arrogance of young men whose fire of youth has grown proud with a woman; it is the cause of constant bliss, its taste relished even by the primordial lords; / it accomplishes mastery of speech; produces excellent poetic compositions; and brings together a wealth of happiness, health, extraordinary youth, and artistic accomplishments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.31)

vṛddhatvaṃ harate balaṃ ca kurute mṛtyuṃ nirasyetparaṃ vyādhivrātam apākaroti kurute kāntiṃ nayatyārjavam /  
yogābhyāsavidhau ratasya sulabhā siddhiṃ vidhattetarām aṃhaḥ saṃtatisaṃhṛtiṃ kalayate strīṇām apatyapradaḥ //

> It removes old age and creates strength; it repels supreme death; it eliminates the host of diseases, produces radiance, and brings straightforwardness; / for one devoted to the practice of yoga, it readily grants perfection; it effects the destruction of an accumulation of sins; and it bestows offspring upon women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.32)

rogāṇāṃ nicayaṃ kṣayaṃ kṣapayati kṣipraṃ mahārudgaṇaṃ vyāhanti śvasanaṃ layaṃ gamayate chinte ca kāsodayam /  
durnāmāni ca ṣaḍbhinatti harate sarvārtirogolbaṇaṃ mehaughaṃ ca lunāti śoṇitadaraṃ vidhvaṃsate sevanāt //

> It swiftly destroys the accumulation of diseases, wasting disease, and the multitude of severe pains; it stops asthma, puts an end to cough and cuts off its arising; / it splits the six hemorrhoids; removes intense illnesses causing all manner of afflictions; severs the torrent of urinary disorders; and eliminates menorrhagia through its use.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.33)

kṣīṇe poṣamupādadhāti vipulaṃ pūrṇātijīrṇojjvalaṃ mandāgniṃ grahaṇīṃ nikṛntatitarāṃ doṣānaśeṣānapi /  
śreṣṭhaḥ sarvarasāyaneṣu viduṣāṃ bhogārthināṃ yogināṃ siddhiṃ samyagihātanoti vapuṣaḥ saṃsevanād anvaham //

> In one who is emaciated it brings abundant nourishment; it rekindles a sluggish digestive fire that is fully and deeply weakened; it thoroughly eradicates grahaṇī disease and all defects without exception; / it is the foremost among all rejuvenation therapies for the wise, for seekers of pleasure, and for yogins; through daily consumption it completely develops perfection of the body here \[in this world\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.34)

\<mūlikākalpeṣu rasābhrakādimelanātideśaḥ\>  
mahāvṛkṣādikalpeṣu prokteṣveteṣu sādhakaiḥ /  
eṣa sādhāraṇo yogaḥ kartavyaḥ siddhikāṅkṣibhiḥ //

> \<Application of the Addition of Quicksilver, Mica, etc. to Herbal Recipes\> / In these recipes beginning with the mahāvṛkṣa that have been taught, by practitioners / desiring alchemical perfection this common formulation should be carried out:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.35)

guñjāmātraṃ śuddhasūtaṃ vābhrakaṃ vā paṇadvayam /  
kāntalohaṃ tathaivopayojayed bhakṣayennaraḥ //

> A measure of one guñjā of purified quicksilver, or mica, or two paṇas / of magnetic iron should be thus employed; a person should consume it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.36)

rasābhralohayogena sadyaḥ siddhimavāpnuyāt /  
jīvahīno yathā deho gandhahīnaṃ prasūnakam //

> Through the combination with quicksilver, mica, and iron, one attains immediate alchemical perfection. Just as a body devoid of life, or a flower devoid of fragrance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.37)

tathaiva mūlikākalpā rasahīnā na siddhidāḥ /  
tasmādrasena sahitāḥ sadyaḥ siddhipradāyakāḥ //

> just so are herbal recipes devoid of mercury: they do not bestow perfection. / Therefore, when combined with quicksilver, they are immediate granters of alchemical perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.38)

\<abhyaṅgarasāyanam; mahānīlītailam\>  
mahānīlīrasaṃ prasthaṃ prasthaṃ bhṛṅgarasaṃ priye /  
dhātrīphalarasaṃ prasthaṃ kākatuṇḍīphalodbhavam //

> \<Anointing Rejuvenation Therapy; Mahānīlī Oil\> / One prastha of juice of mahānīlī, one prastha of juice of bhṛṅga, O beloved, / one prastha of juice of the dhātrī fruit, \[one prastha of juice\] born from the kākatuṇḍī fruit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.39)

prasthaṃ kaṣāyatilajaṃ tailaprasthaṃ ca gopayaḥ /  
āḍhakaṃ yojayetsarvaṃ kākatuṇḍīphalaṃ palam //

> one prastha of sesame oil, and one āḍhaka / of cow's milk; one should combine all of this; one pala of kākatuṇḍī fruit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.40)

tripalaṃ cāmalaṃ bhṛṅganīlīpatrarajaḥ palam /  
piṣṭvā tasmin kṣipet sarvaṃ pacenmandāgninā priye //

> three palas of amala, and one pala of powder of bhṛṅga and nīlī leaves; / grinding these, one should throw everything into it and cook it over a gentle fire, O beloved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.41)

tailāvaśiṣṭaṃ vipacettato vastreṇa śodhayet /  
tailenānena cābhyajya śiro'bhyaṅgaṃ samācaret //

> One should cook until only the oil remains; then one should filter it through a cloth. / Anointing oneself with this oil, one should perform head-massage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.42)

pratyahaṃ karṇapūraṃ ca evaṃ kuryādrasāyanam /  
keśā bhramarasaṅkāśāḥ śrotraṃ digantapāṭavam //

> Every day one should also fill the ears \[with it\]; thus one should perform this rejuvenation therapy. / The hair becomes like large black bees; the hearing becomes sharp to the ends of the directions;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.43)

jatrūrdhvarogā naśyanti tathā pādahitaṃ bhavet /  
\<candanādyaṃ tailam\>  
candanāgarukarpūrakastūrīkuṅkumaṃ tathā //

> diseases above the collarbone perish, and it is beneficial to the feet. / \<Oil Beginning with Candana\> / Sandalwood, agallochum, camphor, musk, and saffron;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.44)

uśīradvayakaṅkolajātīphalalavaṅgakam /  
nalikānaladāspṛkkāturuṣkasthāṇulocanam //

> the two kinds of uśīra, kaṅkola, jātīphala, cloves, / nalikā, naladā, spṛkkā, turuṣka, sthāṇulocana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.45)

hareṇustagaraṃ lākṣā nakhaṃ sthauṇeyakaṃ murā /  
naladāmalakaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ corakaṃ kaṭukīphalam //

> hareṇu, tagara, lac, nakha, sthauṇeyaka, murā, / nalada, āmalaka, kuṣṭha, coraka, kaṭukīphala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.46)

prapauṇḍarīkaṃ kharjūraṃ padmakaṃ jātipattrikā /  
śaileyaṃ dhātakīpuṣpaṃ saralaṃ cailavālukam //

> prapauṇḍarīka, kharjūra, padmaka, jātīpattrī, / śaileya, dhātakī flower, sarala, and elavāluka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.47)

pūgīphalaṃ saptaparṇaṃ tathā tāmalakaṃ priye /  
ekaikaṃ karṣamātraṃ syātprasthaṃ tailaṃ ca gopayaḥ //

> areca nut, saptaparṇa, and tāmalakī, O beloved, / each to the measure of one karṣa; one prastha of oil, and an āḍhaka / of cow's milk;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.48)

āḍhakaṃ tatpacetsarvaṃ tailaśeṣaṃ samāharet /  
tasmin mṛgāṇḍaṃ kastūrīṃ karpūraṃ kuṅkumaṃ kṣipet //

> one should cook all that, and collect it when only the oil remains. / Into it one should throw deer's musk gland, camphor, and saffron,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.49)

pṛthakkarṣaṃ ca jātyādikusumair vāsayedbudhaḥ /  
tenābhyaṅgam adhaḥkāye kuryād daurgandhyanāśanam //

> each one karṣa, and the wise person should scent it with flowers such as jasmine. / With this, one should perform anointing on the lower body; it destroys foul odor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.50)

aśītivarṣadeśīyo 'pyasau syāt ṣoḍaśābdakaḥ /  
kāminīlokakandadarpaḥ subhagaḥ śuklavṛddhimān //

> Even if he is in the region of eighty years of age, he becomes like a sixteen-year-old; / he is a god of love to women, handsome, and full of increase of semen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.51)

yoṣicchataṃ ca ramate sa jīveccharadaḥ śatam /  
\<udvartanarasāyanam\>  
athodvartanamākhyāmi valīpalitabhañjanam //

> He takes pleasure with a hundred women, and he lives for a hundred autumns. / \<Rubbing Rejuvenation Therapy\> / Now I shall declare the rubbing that shatters wrinkles and gray hair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.52)

sūtaṃ gandhaṃ samaṃ mardyaṃ stanadugdhena yoṣitaḥ /  
muṇḍikā meghanādaśca viṣṇukrāntā munistathā //

> Equal parts of quicksilver and sulfur are to be ground with breast-milk of a woman. / Muṇḍikā, meghanāda, viṣṇukrāntā, and muni,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.53)

sarpākṣī ca dravairāsāṃ dinamekaṃ vimardayet /  
etaddaśaguṇaṃ kṣārastilasya ca yavasya ca //

> and sarpākṣī: with the juices of these one should grind \[it\] for one day. / Ten times this amount of alkali of sesame and of barley \[is added\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.54)

etatsarvaṃ samadhvājyamanenodvartanaṃ vapuḥ /  
valīpalitanāśaḥ syād varṣāt triśatavatsaraḥ //

> All this is mixed with honey and ghee; with this one rubs the body. / The destruction of wrinkles and gray hair takes place; after a year, \[with a lifespan of\] three hundred years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.55)

jīveddivyavapur bhūtvā sādhako nātra saṃśayaḥ /  
sanālamutpalaṃ sūtaṃ saptāhaṃ parimardayet //

> the practitioner lives, having become a divine body; there is no doubt in this. / Quicksilver with blue lotus including its stalk one should grind for seven days;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.56)

ātmīyaśivatoyena tataścāṅgaṃ vimardayet /  
vatsarājjāyate siddhiḥ pūrvavad divyavigrahaḥ //

> then with one's own urine one should rub the body. / From a year alchemical perfection arises, with a divine body as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.57)

śivāṃbhasā ca sūtendraṃ brahmadaṇḍīyamūlakam /  
mardayetsaptadivasaṃ samyagdevi vimardayet //

> With urine, quicksilver and root of brahmadaṇḍī / one should grind for seven days; one should grind it thoroughly, O Goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.58)

vatsarājjāyate siddhiḥ pūrvavaddivyavigrahaḥ /  
kaṭutailena surabhiṃ bhāvayeddinasaptakam //

> From a year alchemical perfection arises, with a divine body as before. / With mustard oil one should steep yellow vitriol for seven days;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.59)

palārdhaṃ bhakṣayennityaṃ varṣād vajravapur bhavet /  
triśatāyuḥsvarṇavarṇo valīpalitavarjitaḥ //

> one should eat half a pala daily; after a year he becomes one with an adamantine body, / with a lifespan of three hundred years, golden-colored, free from wrinkles and gray hair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.60)

samadhvājyaṃ kuṣṭhacūrṇaṃ karṣaṃ prātarlihennaraḥ /  
śatapuṣpasugandhāṅgo jīvedvalivivarjitaḥ //

> Powder of kuṣṭha with equal parts honey and ghee, one karṣa, a man should lick in the morning; / his body fragrant like śatapuṣpā, he lives free from wrinkles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.61)

\<keśarañjanakalpāḥ\>  
kākatuṇḍīphalaṃ kāntacūrṇamāmrāṇḍatailakam /  
āloḍya bhāṇḍe nikṣipya māsaṃ dhānyamaye kṣipet //

> \<Hair-coloring recipes\>  
> Fruit of kākatuṇḍī, magnetic iron powder, and mango-stone oil: / having stirred and placed them in a pot, one should place it in grain for a month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.62)

uddhṛtya lepayecchīrṣaṃ nasyakarmāmunā bhavet /  
tryahāt keśāḥ sunīlāḥ syuḥ ṣaṇmāsāt keśarañjanam //

> Taking it out, one should smear it on the head; nasal administration may be done with it. / After three days the hair becomes deep black; after six months, hair-coloring occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.63)

harītakī niṣkamekaṃ dvipalaṃ kāntacūrṇakam /  
palamekaṃ nāgacūrṇamamladadhnā pramardayet //

> One niṣka of harītakī, two palas of magnetic iron powder, / and one pala of lead powder: one should grind thoroughly with sour curds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.64)

abhyakto nikṣipenmūrdhni mardayennāḍikārdhakam /  
eraṇḍapatraiḥ saṃveṣṭya punarvastreṇa bandhayet //

> Having applied oil, one should apply \[the paste\] upon the head and rub it for half a nāḍikā.  
> Having wrapped it with castor leaves, one should bind it again with a cloth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.65)

snāyātpunaśca tridinaṃ pūrvavatkeśarañjanam /  
samūlau nīlikābhṛṅgāvayaścūrṇaṃ varāsamam //

> One should bathe again; for three days, the dyeing of hair \[takes place\] as before.  
> Indigo and bhṛṅgarāja with their roots, iron powder in an amount equal to triphalā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.66)

cūrṇameḍakamūtreṇa dinamekaṃ ca bhāvayet /  
snānādi pūrvavatkṛtvā pūrvavatkeśarañjanam //

> One should triturate the powder with ram's urine for one day.  
> Having performed bathing and the like as before, the dyeing of hair is as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.67)

nistvagguñjāphalaṃ cailā devadāru ca kuṣṭhakam /  
samaṃ cūrṇaṃ bhṛṅgarasair bhāvyam ekadinaṃ priye //

> Hulled guñjā seeds, cardamom, devadāru, and kuṣṭha,  
> in equal parts as powder, should be triturated with juices of bhṛṅgarāja for one day, O beloved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.68)

anyaccūrṇaṃ tailaṃ pacenmṛdvagninā budhaḥ /  
yasya tailaghṛtābhyaṅgātkeśā bhramarasannibhāḥ //

> The wise one should cook the powder with oil over a gentle fire.  
> From anointing with this oil \[and\] ghee, the hair resembles black bees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.69)

hastidantasya dagdhasya samabhāgaṃ rasāñjanam /  
chāgīdugdhena saṃpeṣya lepanātkeśarañjanam //

> Equal parts of calcined elephant tusk and rasāñjana,  
> having ground them thoroughly with goat's milk, dyes the hair by application as a paste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.70)

kṛṣṇamṛttriphalābhṛṅgarasāyaścūrṇakaṃ samam /  
āloḍyainaṃ samaṃ bhāṇḍe māsamekaṃ nirodhayet //

> Black earth, triphalā, juice of bhṛṅgarāja, and iron powder in equal parts:  
> stirring this together in a vessel, one should seal it for one month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.71)

tallepāccikurāḥ kṛṣṇā bhaveyuḥ pañcamāsataḥ /  
dhātrīphalaṃ japāpuṣpaṃ kiṭṭaṃ piṣṭvā ca mūrdhani //

> From its application, hair becomes black after five months.  
> Having ground āmalakī fruit, hibiscus flower, and dross \[of iron\], upon the head  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.72)

lepayettridinaṃ tena keśāḥ syur bhramaropamāḥ /  
cūrṇaṃ sindūrasadṛśaṃ tayostulyā ca sāṃbraṇiḥ //

> one should apply it for three days; through that, the hairs become like black bees.  
> Powder resembling vermilion, and an equal part of sāṃbraṇi:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.73)

piṣṭvāṃbhasā pralepena tatkṣaṇāt keśarañjanam /  
gorocanaṃ kṛṣṇatilān śatapuṣpāṃ śivāṃbunā //

> having ground it with water, through application as a paste, hair is dyed instantaneously.  
> Gorocanā, black sesame seeds, and dill with water of harītakī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.74)

kākamācīmidaṃ sarvamayaḥpātre vimardayet /  
tenaiva divasādūrdhvaṃ keśarañjanamuttamam //

> and kākamācī—one should triturate all of this in an iron vessel.  
> After one day, it is an excellent hair-dyer by that alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.75)

cūrṇaṃ siddhārthakaṃ sarjo yavakṣāraṃ ca kāñjikaiḥ /  
nāgapuṣparasaiḥ peṣyaṃ lepanaṃ keśarañjanam //

> White mustard powder, sarja resin, and barley alkali ground with sour gruel  
> and juices of nāgapuṣpa: applied as a paste, it dyes the hair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.76)

kadalīkandacūrṇaṃ ca sindūrāṅgārakau tathā /  
rasairjambīrajair lohamuṣṭyāyaḥpātrake piṣet //

> Powder of plantain rhizome, vermilion, and charcoal:  
> one should grind them in an iron vessel with lemon juices using an iron pestle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.77)

dinaikalepanāttena keśānāṃ rañjanaṃ bhavet /  
kāsīsaṃ nīlikāpatraṃ dadhibhṛṅgarasastathā //

> Through application \[as a paste\] for a single day, the dyeing of hair occurs from it.  
> Green vitriol, indigo leaf, curd, and juice of bhṛṅgarāja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.78)

samāṃśaṃ lohacūrṇaṃ ca lepanātkeśarañjanam /  
nāgadaṇḍena patrāṇi koraṇṭasya ca mardayet //

> and an equal part of iron powder: through application as a paste, it dyes the hair.  
> And one should pound the leaves of koraṇṭa with a nāgadaṇḍa stalk;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.79)

dinatrayaṃ ca tallepāt keśāḥ syur bhramaropamāḥ /  
varā bhṛṅgī cūtabījaṃ mṛṇālaṃ ca priyaṅgukam //

> from its application for three days, the hair becomes like black bees.  
> Triphalā, bhṛṅgarāja, mango seed, lotus stalk, priyaṅgu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.80)

nīlī niśā lohanāgau cūrṇitā niṃbatailakaiḥ /  
kāntapātre loḍayitvā māsamekaṃ vibhāvayet //

> indigo, turmeric, iron, and lead powdered with neem oils:  
> having stirred it in a magnetic iron vessel, one should macerate it for one month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.81)

tena liptāḥ kacāḥ kṛṣṇā rañjitā bhramaropamāḥ /  
tilāḥ kṛṣṇāḥ kākamācībījāni samabhāgataḥ //

> Anointed with that, hairs are dyed black, resembling black bees.  
> Black sesame seeds and kākamācī seeds in equal parts:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.82)

tattailayantrato grāhyaṃ tena syātkeśarañjanam /  
karṣaṃ japārasaḥ kṣaudraṃ saptāhaṃ nasyamācaret //

> its oil should be extracted through an apparatus; by that, hair dyeing occurs.  
> A karṣa of hibiscus juice with honey: one should perform nasal therapy for seven days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.83)

tadūrdhvaṃ rañjayet keśān sarvanasyottamo hyayam /  
bhṛṅgarājarasaiḥ piṣṭvā triphalāṃ lohacūrṇakam //

> After that, it dyes the hair; indeed this is the best of all nasal therapies.  
> Having ground triphalā and iron powder with juices of bhṛṅgarāja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.84)

tailam etatsamaṃ yojyaṃ tathā bhṛṅgarasaiḥ punaḥ /  
mṛdvagninā pacetsarvaṃ tailaśeṣaṃ yathā bhavet //

> oil equal to this is to be added, along with bhṛṅgarāja juice again;  
> one should cook it all over a gentle fire until only the oil remains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.85)

snigdhabhāṇḍe ca tattailaṃ māsaṃ bhūmau vinikṣipet /  
tailena lepayecchīrṣaṃ kāravallīdalaiḥ purā //

> And one should deposit that oil in an unctuous jar into the earth for a month.  
> One should smear the head with the oil; first, with leaves of bitter gourd  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.86)

veṣṭayettattu vastreṇa nivāte kṣīrabhojanam /  
kṣālayet triphalākvāthaiḥ kuryāt saptadinaṃ priye //

> one should wrap it, and then \[bind it\] with a cloth; one should eat milk-rice in a windless place.  
> One should wash with decoctions of triphalā; one should do this for seven days, O beloved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.87)

kapālarañjanaṃ kuryād yāvajjīvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /  
śriyālīkākatuṇḍyāśca bījaṃ nirguṇḍikārasaiḥ //

> It effects dyeing of the scalp lifelong, without doubt.  
> Seeds of śriyālī and kākatuṇḍī with juices of nirguṇḍī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.88)

japāpuṣparasair bhāvyaṃ pṛthak dinacatuṣṭayam /  
pātālayantre tattailaṃ pātayettena lepanam //

> and juices of hibiscus flower should be macerated separately for four days.  
> One should extract that oil in a pātālayantra; by that, smearing  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.89)

kuryānmūrdhni ca gandharvapattraiśca pariveṣṭayet /  
vastreṇa ca tato vātaśūnyadeśe vasansudhīḥ //

> one should perform on the head, and wrap it around with castor leaves  
> and then with a cloth. Living in a wind-free place, the intelligent person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.90)

kṣīrāśī kāñjike snānaṃ kuryātsaptadinaṃ tviti /  
keśā bhramarasaṅkāśā yāvajjīvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ //

> eating milk-rice, should bathe in sour gruel for seven days.  
> The hairs become like black bees lifelong, without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.91)

jalamaṇḍanikākākamācībhṛṅgāḥ samāḥ samāḥ /  
piṣṭvā tailaṃ pacetsūpaṃ punastailena lepayet //

> Jalamaṇḍanikā, kākamācī, and bhṛṅgarāja in equal parts:  
> having ground them, one should cook the oil into a thick soup, and then smear with the oil.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.92)

mūrdhānaṃ lepayettena saptāhaṃ keśarañjanam /  
snānabhojanaśayyāṃ ca pūrvavatparikalpayet //

> One should smear the head with it; for seven days, hair dyeing \[takes place\].  
> One should arrange bathing, food, and bed as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.93)

varābhṛṅgarasaiḥ piṣṭvā kāntapātre vilepayet /  
avāṅmukhaṃ viniṣṭhāpya prātastaṃ bhṛṅgarāḍrasaiḥ //

> Having ground triphalā with bhṛṅgarāja juice, one should smear it on a magnetic iron vessel.  
> Placing it face down, in the morning one should grind it again with juices of bhṛṅgarāja,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.94)

punaḥ piṣṭvā lihecchīrṣaṃ kṣālayet triphalāṃbunā /  
ekaviṃśaddinaṃ kuryāt pūrvavat phalam āpnuyāt //

> smear the head, and wash with triphalā water.  
> One should do this for twenty-one days; one obtains the result as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.95)

garalaṃ kṛṣṇajīraṃ ca piṣṭvā ruddhvā ca tanmukham /  
gṛhāṅgaṇe paṅkile ca khanitvā sthāpayet sudhīḥ //

> Having ground poison and black cumin, and having sealed the opening,  
> the intelligent person should dig and deposit it in a muddy domestic courtyard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.96)

ṣaṇmāsāt taddravībhūtaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ sādhu samuddharet /  
śiromadhye kṣipet karṣaṃ pūrvavad veṣṭanādikam //

> After six months, having become a black liquid, he should properly retrieve it.  
> He should place a karṣa in the middle of the head; wrapping and so forth are as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.97)

ā janma rañjayetkeśāṃstacca kāpālarañjanam /  
bhṛṅgī nīlī varā kṛṣṇāyasaṃ madanabījakam //

> It dyes the hair for a lifetime; and that is dyeing of the scalp.  
> Bhṛṅgarāja, indigo, triphalā, black iron, seeds of madana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.98)

koraṇṭakusumaṃ cūrṇamarjunasya tvacodbhavam /  
ambhojamūlaṃ jambvāśca tatsarvaṃ ca samāṃśakam //

> flowers of koraṇṭa, powder derived from the bark of arjuna,  
> and roots of lotus and rose-apple: all of these in equal parts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.99)

lohabhāṇḍagataṃ kuryātpakṣaṃ bhūmau vinikṣipet /  
haredbhāṇḍagataṃ kalkaṃ kalkāttailaṃ caturguṇam //

> placed inside an iron vessel, one should deposit in the ground for a fortnight.  
> One should take the paste contained in the vessel; four times the paste in oil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.100)

tailāccaturguṇaṃ bhṛṅgarasas tasmāccaturguṇaḥ /  
varākvāthaḥ sarvamidaṃ mandavahnau vipācayet //

> four times the oil in bhṛṅgarāja juice, and four times that  
> in triphalā decoction: all this one should cook over a gentle fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.101)

tailāvaśiṣṭaṃ vipacet tatpiṣṭvāyasapātrake /  
nikṣipecca parīkṣārthaṃ kākapakṣaṃ vilepayet //

> One should cook until the oil remains. Having ground it, one should place it in an iron vessel.  
> And for the sake of testing, one should smear a crow's feather  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.102)

tailena yadi kṛṣṇaṃ tadauṣadhaṃ siddhidaṃ bhavet /  
sādhako māsam ekaṃ tu tasminpātre vipācitam //

> with the oil: if it turns black, that medicine will grant success.  
> Cooked in that vessel for one month by the practitioner,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.103)

tena liptāḥ kacāstasya ṣaṇmāsādbhramaropamāḥ /  
ciñcāśvatthapalāśānāṃ vāsāyāśca dravairmuhuḥ //

> hair smeared with it resembles black bees after six months.  
> With the juices of tamarind, aśvattha, palāśa, and vāsā repeatedly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.104)

drutaṃ pātragataṃ nāgaṃ cālayed bhasmatāṃ vrajet /  
tāvat pacennāgabhasma palaṃ lohasya cūrṇakam //

> one should stir molten lead placed in a vessel until it turns to ash.  
> One should cook the lead ash so long: a pala of iron powder,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.105)

dvipalaṃ ca varācūrṇaṃ tripalaṃ dāḍimatvacaḥ /  
palaṃ caitatsarvasamaṃ kāñjikaṃ lohabhājane //

> two palas of triphalā powder, three palas of pomegranate rind,  
> and a pala of this; equal to all this, sour gruel in an iron vessel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.106)

loḍayet pācayet kiṃcit kṣaṇaṃ tallohapātrake /  
ātape dhārayed bhṛṅgakoraṇṭarasabhāvitam //

> One should stir and cook it slightly for a moment in that iron vessel.  
> One should keep it in the sun, macerated with juices of bhṛṅgarāja and koraṇṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.107)

ekaviṃśaddinaṃ bhāvyaṃ bhūyo bhūyo dravaṃ dravam /  
tenaiva liptāścikurāḥ piñchatāpiñchasannibhāḥ //

> It should be macerated for twenty-one days, liquid after liquid, again and again.  
> Hairs smeared with that alone resemble the plumage of a peacock or the tāpiñcha blossom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.108)

kacarañjanayogeṣu kathitākathiteṣu ca /  
niśi lepaṃ tathairaṇḍapatraiśca pariveṣṭanam //

> In recipes for hair dyeing, whether stated or unstated:  
> application of paste at night and wrapping around with castor leaves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.109)

prātaḥ snānamidaṃ karma sarvasādhāraṇaṃ smṛtam /  
\<divyauṣadhigrahaṇayogyasthalanirdeśaḥ\>  
śmaśāne salile mārge gṛhe devālaye tathā //

> and bathing in the morning: this procedure is considered common to all.  
> \<Indication of places suitable for gathering divine herbs\>  
> In a cremation ground, in water, on a road, in a house, and in a temple,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.110)

malamūtrayutasthāne grāme goṣṭhe taroradhaḥ /  
chāyāyāṃ ca viṣaprāye kuśīte cānyabādhite //

> in a place with feces and urine, in a village, in a cowshed, under a tree,  
> in shade, in a poisonous area, in extreme cold, and \[where\] disturbed by others—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.111)

evaṃprāyeṣu deśeṣu na grāhyā siddhamūlikā /  
araṇye parvate tīre nadyā tapavane śucau //

> In such places, an accomplished root must not be gathered. / In a forest, on a mountain, on a riverbank, in a sacred hermitage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.112)

śilāsaṅgiśucikṣetre siddhakṣetre 'bdhirodhasi /  
śrīparvate himagirau taṭāke vijane hrade //

> in a clean place strewn with stones, in an accomplished site, on a seashore, / on Śrīparvata, in the Snowy Mountains, by a pond, or at a secluded lake,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.113)

gṛhṇīyānmūlikā jātā dehasiddhipradāyikāḥ /  
\<divyauṣadhigrahaṇavidhiḥ\>  
sarveṣāṃ siddhamūlānāṃ rakṣābandhanakarmaṇi //

> one should gather the roots that have grown, which bestow perfection of the body.  
> \<The Procedure for Gathering Divine Herbs\>  
> In the ritual of tying the protective amulet for all accomplished roots,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.114)

khananeṣūtpāṭaneṣu grahaṇeṣu krameṇa vai /  
kathyante manavo divyāḥ sarvasādhāraṇāḥ smṛtāḥ //

> in digging, in uprooting, and in gathering them in due order, / divine mantras are proclaimed that are considered common to all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.115)

pūrvedyureva susnātaḥ kṛtadantaviśodhanaḥ /  
anuliptaḥ śuddhavastro hṛṣṭaḥ saṃyatamānasaḥ //

> On the very day before, having bathed well and cleaned his teeth, / anointed, wearing clean clothes, joyful, with his mind restrained,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.116)

maunī gandhākṣatopeto rakṣābandhanasūtritām /  
pūrvam anveṣitāṃ gatvā mūlikāṃ sveṣṭadāyikām //

> observing silence, provided with fragrant paste and unbroken rice, having gone to the previously found / root that grants his desire, to bind it with a protective amulet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.117)

vitṛṇaṃ paritaḥ kṛtvā khātvāmbu pariṣecayet /  
gandhapuṣpākṣataiḥ pūjāṃ kṛtvā sūtreṇa bandhayet //

> having cleared away the grass all around, having dug and sprinkled water, / having worshipped it with fragrant paste, flowers, and unbroken rice, he should bind it with a thread,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.118)

samantrakaṃ sādhakendraḥ sopavāso jitendriyaḥ /  
atraiva tiṣṭha kalyāṇi mama kāryakarī bhava //

> with the mantra, the best of practitioners, fasting and with senses conquered: / 'Remain right here, O auspicious one; fulfill my purpose!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.119)

mama kāryakarī siddhā tataḥ svargaṃ gamiṣyasi /  
oṃ hrīṃ namaste 'mṛtasambhūte balavīryavivardhini balamāyuśca me dehi pāpaṃ me jahi dūrataḥ /  
hrīṃ phaṭ /  
anenaiva tu mantreṇa tridhā sūtreṇa veṣṭitam //

> 'When my purpose is fulfilled and accomplished, you will then go to heaven. / Oṃ hrīṃ, homage to you, O you who are born of nectar, who increase strength and vigor! Grant me strength and long life; slay my sin from afar! Hrīṃ phaṭ!' / Wrapped thrice with a thread using this very mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.120)

rakṣāṃ badhnīta tāṃ spṛṣṭvā japedaṣṭottaraṃ śatam /  
tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya kṛtvā nityavidhiṃ śuciḥ //

> he should bind a protective amulet, and touching it, chant \[the mantra\] one hundred and eight times. / Then, rising at dawn, having performed his daily rites and being pure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.121)

mūlikāṃ tāṃ samāsādya gandhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ /  
sarvopacāraiḥ sampūjya baliṃ dadyāt sahetukām //

> approaching that root and worshipping it with fragrant paste, flowers, unbroken rice, and the like, / with all offerings, he should offer a motivated oblation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.122)

samantrakaṃ khaneddhīmānmantro 'yamapi kathyate /  
yena tvāṃ khanate brahmā yena tvāṃ khanate bhṛguḥ //

> The wise man should dig it up with a mantra; this mantra is also proclaimed: / 'With that wherewith Brahmā digs you up, with that wherewith Bhṛgu digs you up,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.123)

yenendro varuṇo viṣṇustena tvāmupacakrame /  
tvāmevāhaṃ khaniṣyāmi mantrapūtena pāṇinā //

> 'with that wherewith Indra, Varuṇa, and Viṣṇu \[dug you up\], with that I approach you! / You alone shall I dig up with a hand purified by mantras!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.124)

evaṃ samprārthayitvādau paścānmantraṃ samuccaret /  
oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ taṃ amṛteśvari ehi ehi mama sakalasiddhiṃ kuru huṃ phaṭ /  
anenaiva tu mantreṇa nikhanet siddhimūlikām //

> Having prayed in this manner first, he should then pronounce the mantra: / 'Oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ taṃ, O Lady of Nectar, come, come! Accomplish all my perfections! Huṃ phaṭ!' / With this very mantra he should dig up the root of perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.125)

atha tūtpāṭayettāṃ tu prāñjaliḥ prārthayediti /  
mā utpate mā nipate mā ca te cānyathā bhavet /  
oṃ hrīṃ caṇḍa huṃ phaṭ svāhā /  
utpāṭayedanenaiva mantreṇa parameśvari /  
acchinnamūlāmādāya śuddhavastrābhiveṣṭitām //

> Then he should uproot it; with folded hands he should pray thus: / 'Do not fly upward, do not fall down, and let nothing go amiss with you! / Oṃ hrīṃ caṇḍa huṃ phaṭ svāhā!' / He should uproot it with this very mantra, O Supreme Goddess. / Taking it with root unbroken, wrapped in a clean cloth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.126)

kṣiptvā paṭalikāyāṃ ca svaveśmani śucisthale /  
nicaye hṛṣṭamanasā nidadhyāt pāraṇaṃ tataḥ //

> and placing it in a basket, in a clean place in his own dwelling, / in a storehouse, with a joyful mind, he should then perform the breaking of the fast.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.16.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.16.127)

oṃ namo bhairavāya mahāsiddhipradāyakāya āpaduttaraṇāya huṃ phaṭ /  
anenaiva tu mantreṇa gṛhītvā gṛhamānayet //

> 'Oṃ, homage to Bhairava, the granter of great perfection, the rescuer from distress! Huṃ phaṭ!' / Taking it with this very mantra, he should bring it into the house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.1.16.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Sahasrayoga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.sahasrayoga.15.91) — Sanskrit
- [Kāmaratna (Pārvatīputra Nityanātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.kamya.kamaratna-parvatiputra-nityanatha.10.73) — Pārvatīputra Nityanātha, Sanskrit

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