Anandakanda 1.17.23

1.17.23

ṣaṇmāsaṃ vā vatsaraṃ vā vādyantaṃ vā pibejjalam /
yathā vṛddhistathā hrāso yāvacculukamātrakam //

'He should drink the water for six months, or for a year, or continually; / just as the increase was, so is the decrease, down to just a handful (culuka).