Ashtangasamgraha 21.2

21.2

pittasya sarpiṣpānaṃ sarpiṣā snehanamadhodoṣaharaṇaṃ madhuratiktakaṣāyāṇāmauṣadhābhyavahāryāṇāmupayogo mṛdusurabhiśītahṛdyānāṃ gandhānāmupasevā paramaśiśirasurabhisalilamajjanam |

mano 'nukūlasaṃsparśasukhānāṃ muktāmaṇivaiḍūryāśmagarbhaśaṅkhaśilāpadmarāgacandrakāntakāntatarataralāvalīnāṃ bhramaratrāsitasahasrapatrāsitotpala kadalīdalanavamālikākundamallikādivividhavarṇaprasūnaviracitānāṃ srajāṃ ca dhāraṇamurasā |

kṣaṇe kṣaṇe cāgryacandanapriyaṅgukāleyakamṛṇālakarpūrasugandhiśītasvacchagandhavāribhiḥ sakamalakumudakuvalayairbhūmitalakavāṭavātāyanaharmyabhittīnāmabhiprokṣaṇam |

śrutisukhamṛdumadhuramano 'nugānāṃ gītavāditrāṇāmabhyudayānāṃ ca śravaṇam |

ayantraṇaiḥ samānaviṣayaveṣacaritairutsavotsavatarānyonyadarśanaiḥ suhṛdbhiḥ sahāsanam |

anṛtavacanavirahasvabhāvasurabhitaravadanakuḍmalānāṃ nātispaṣṭābhidhāyināmanupacāramadhurakomalollāpānāṃ priyāṇāmapatyakānāṃ sadayamāśleṣaḥ |

nirdayaṃ ca tanutaramṛdusurabhinivasanābhirmallikāmukulānukārimuktāphalaprāyālaṅkārābhiḥ sahacarīninādasañjalpopajanitautsukyakalahaṃsānunāditanūpuraraśanākalāpaśiñjitānugamanasammugdhamugdhasnigdhamṛduvacanābhirnijajaghananibiḍakucayugalālaṅkārabhārodvahanaśramaśvasanakampitamadhyamukulitalocanotpalābhiḥ kiñcidvigalitanavayauvanābhiḥ priyaṅgasaṅgamātrātimātrasukhāsvādavisraṃsyamānāṃśukaikakālopajātavrīḍāvailakṣyapragalbhatāvaiklavyaharṣaviṣādavismayasmitakopaprasādasādhvasasrastasvinnasarvāṅgadravīkṛtahimāṅgarāgābhiḥ samastadehahṛdayaprahlādakāriṇībhirvilāsavatībhiścaturaṅgamivānaṅgabalamaṅgaistanubhirapi samudvahantībhiraṅganābhirāśleṣaḥ |

sakalarajanīkarakaranikarāvakīrṇaśiśiratarāṇi bhavanatalasalilapulināni |

atisitasikatopāstṛtatalamanokakāyayantrapravṛttīvamalasaliladhāraṃ dhārāgṛham |

sāgarānukāritoyāśayopatīrasuniviṣṭakusumitabahuviṭapapṛthutuṅgavividhatarataṭaruhatarunivahabahalacchāyopasañchannaṃ ghavalaraktanīlanīrajarajovyāptasamastajalavipulasikatilatalopakalpitaṃ dolāyamānagaṇatithapṛthudṛtikalaśasaraṇakarakasravadudakapravāhāhitamṛtsaurabhabhūtalaikadeśaṃ pralambamānāmrajambūkadambavidulaniculādikisalayamañjarīstabakapratyuptapaṭālikaṃ muhurmuhuḥ puruṣaprayatnapreritaghaṭamukhodgīrṇośīracandanānuviddhāvalagnapatitaśeṣa muktāphalāyamānajalalavamuchrāyavistāravadaniṣiddhadūravistṛtaśītavātapraveśamatyarthasantatāmbuśītaśīkarābhiṣekapratihatasantāpadāhamohaśramaklamapipāsamatiśayaprāptarāmaṇīyakaṃ himācalasparddhiśaityamambudharakālalīlāviḍambi kāyamānam |

praphullapadmotpalapuṇḍarīkasaugandhikakokanadaśatapatraparāgarāgānurañjitajalacaravihagagaṇakalaninadaramyā dīrghikāḥ madhupānalobhanilīyamānālikulacalitalatāpratānanipatitavividhakusumanicayaśayanaracanāsavyāpāramṛdupavanānyupavanāni |

viśeṣatastu ghṛtaṃ payo virecanāni saumyāḥ sarve bhāvāḥ divāsvapnavarjyaśca graiṣmo vidhiḥ ||

tatra vātottare meṣaśṛṅgīśārṅgeṣṭairaṇḍaguḍūcīdvipañcamūlasiddhaṃ tailaṃ ghṛtaṃ vā pānābhyaṅgayorvidadhyāt ||

mithyāyogena śabdasya kupitonyaiśca kopanaiḥ ||

For pitta: drinking ghee, oleation with ghee, downward elimination of doṣas [purgation], use of medicines and foods that are sweet, bitter, and astringent, enjoyment of mild, fragrant, cool, and heart-pleasing scents, immersion in extremely cool and fragrant water;

wearing on the chest garlands strung with pearl gems, beryl, emerald, conch shell, stone, ruby, and moonstone that are exquisite and delightfully radiant, which are pleasant and agreeable to the touch of the mind, and fashioned from diverse colored blossoms such as lotus flowers frightened by bees, blue water lilies, plantain leaves, fresh jasmine, kunda, and mallikā;

sprinkling at every moment the floor surfaces, doors, windows, and palace walls with fragrant, cool, clear scented water perfumed with superior sandalwood, priyaṅgu, kāleyaka, lotus stalk, and camphor, along with blue water lilies, white water lilies, and night-blooming water lilies;

listening to singing, musical instruments, and recitations of prosperity that are pleasing to the ear, soft, sweet, and congenial to the mind;

sitting together with uninhibited friends whose interests, dress, and conduct are identical, whose mutual sight is an ever greater festive delight;

affectionately embracing beloved little children whose bud-like mouths are naturally ever-fragrant from the absence of untruthful speech, who speak not too distinctly, and whose tender babbling is unsophisticated and sweet;

and passionately embracing wanton women who wear extremely fine, soft, and fragrant garments; whose ornaments consist mostly of pearls resembling jasmine buds; whose charms are accompanied by the sweet, innocent, affectionate, and gentle speech called forth by the jingling of their anklets and girdle-bands echoing the soft calls of swans stirred to longing by the chattering cries of their female companions; whose waists tremble with the heavy sighs of fatigue from bearing the burden of their wide hips, pair of tight breasts, and ornaments; whose lotus-eyes are half-closed; who have slightly passed their fresh youth; whose garments slip loose at the supreme delight of physical contact alone; whose cool bodily unguent is melted by the sweat loosened all over their limbs due to shame, confusion, boldness, distress, joy, dejection, wonder, smiles, anger, grace, and trepidation arising all at once; who bring delight to the entire body and heart; and who, though having slender limbs, carry as it were the entire fourfold army of the god of love;

palace terraces and river sands made exceedingly cool by being bathed in the abundant beams of the full moon;

a shower house whose floor is strewn with very white sand and from which streams of clear water flow through the operation of various mechanical contrivances;

a pavilion that rivals the cool of the Himālaya mountains and mimics the playful charm of the rainy season—covered by the dense shade of many flowering, wide, tall, and varied trees growing on the banks and firmly planted beside reservoirs resembling the ocean; constructed on a spacious, sandy ground whose entire water is suffused with the pollen of white, red, and blue lotuses; a portion of whose ground is imbued with the sweet fragrance of earth caused by flowing streams of water trickling from water-jars, pots, and numerous large leather bags swaying back and forth; whose cloth canopies are stitched with hanging sprays of mango, rose-apple, kadamba, vidula, nicula, and other sprouts, buds, and clusters of blossoms; which, through the forceful efforts of men, has droplets of water resembling pearls caught and falling from the mouths of constantly pouring jars infused with uśīra and sandalwood; whose height and breadth do not obstruct the distant, expansive entrance of cool breezes; and which dispels torment, burning sensation, confusion, fatigue, exhaustion, and thirst by the ceaseless, cool spray of abundant water, possessing extraordinary loveliness;

pleasure ponds made charming by the indistinct chirping of flocks of aquatic birds colored by the pollen of fully blown lotuses, blue water lilies, white water lilies, fragrant water lilies, red lotuses, and hundred-petaled lotuses; and pleasure groves where gentle breezes are busy preparing beds composed of collections of diverse flowers fallen from swaying creepers when swarms of bees settle in greed to drink their nectar;

and especially ghee, milk, purgations, all mild and cool measures, and the regimen for the hot season, excluding sleeping by day.

There [in pitta], when vāta is predominant, one should prescribe oil or ghee cooked with meṣaśṛṅgī, śārṅgeṣṭā, castor plant, guḍūcī, and the two pañcamūlas for drinking and for massage.

[The ear disease] provoked by the improper use of sound and by other aggravating factors—