Ashtangasamgraha 1.27
Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 1.27
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1.27
pittaṃ sasnehatīkṣṇoṣṇaṃ laghu visraṃ saraṃ dravam |
snigdhaḥ śīto gururmandaḥ ślakṣṇo mṛtsnaḥ sthiraḥ ||
śūdrāyāstu mantravarjitam |
yādṛśaṃ ca putramāśāsīta tadrūpavarṇacaritān janapadānanucintayeti strī vācyā |
tajjanapadāhāravihāropacāraparicchadāṃścānuvidaghīta ||
jyeṣṭhāyāṃ pañcame mṛtyurūrdhvaṃ vā dvādaśāt sukham ||
tasyāgnirdīpyate tābhiḥ samidbhiriva pāvakaḥ ||
ghṛtasamāni ca piṣṭvā tumbībījāni |
tadardhāṃśāni ca pratyekaṃ jīmūtamahājālinīvatsakakṛtavedhanāni |
kvāthatulyamāvapet trikaṭukam |
punaradhiśritya lehaṃ sādhayettamavalihya pramathyāmanupibet ||
bhavati cātra ||
Pitta is slightly unctuous, sharp, hot, light, foul-smelling, spreading, and liquid.
[Kapha is] unctuous, cold, heavy, sluggish, smooth, slimy, and stable.
For a Śūdra woman, however, it is done without mantras.
And of whatever kind of son she may desire, the woman should be told: 'Meditate on the regions whose people have that form, complexion, and conduct.'
And she should adopt the diet, conduct, regimen, and attire of those regions.
In Jyeṣṭhā, death occurs on the fifth [day], or after the twelfth there is recovery.
His digestive fire is kindled by them, like fire by fuel.
And having ground tumbī seeds equal [in weight] to the ghee,
and each of half that quantity of jīmūta, mahājālinī, vatsaka, and kṛtavedhana,
one should add trikaṭu equal to the decoction.
Putting it on the fire again, one should prepare an electuary; having licked it, one should drink a pramathyā potion as an after-drink.
And on this it is said:
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