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Ashtangasamgraha 4.4

Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 4.4

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Sanskrit

4.4

tatrākṣinimeṣo māntrā tāḥ pañcadaśa kāṣṭhā tāstriṃśat kalā tāḥ sadaśabhāgā viṃśatirnāḍikā nāḍikādvayaṃ muhūrtaśca te tulyarātrindive rāśibhāge catvāraḥ pādonā yāmaḥ taiścaturbhiraho rātriśca pañcadaśāhorātrāḥ pakṣaḥ pakṣadvayaṃ māsaḥ sa śuklāntaḥ tairmārgaśīrṣādibhirdvisaṃkhyaiḥ kramāddhemantaśiśiravasantagrīṣmavarṣaśaradākhyāḥ ṣaḍṛtavo bhavanti teṣu śiśirādayastrayo raverudagayanamādānañca śeṣā dakṣiṇāyanaṃ visargaśca tāvādānavisargau varṣam ||

kevalādeva vā kṣīrasarpiṣaḥ |

padmotpalakumudakiñjalkaṃ ca samadhuśarkaraṃ lehayet ||

prāṇodakānnavāhīni duṣṭaḥ srotāṃsi dūṣayan ||

prasthaḥ siddho ghṛtādvātakāsanudvahnidīpanaḥ ||

bastau ca yasmin paṭhito na kalkaḥ sarvatra dadyādamumeva tatra ||

purāṇasarpiṣābhyaktaṃ pariṣiktaṃ sukhāmbunā ||

There, a blink of an eye is a mātrā; fifteen of them are a kāṣṭhā; thirty of them are a kalā; twenty of them with a tenth part are a nāḍikā; two nāḍikās are a muhūrta; four of them minus a quarter, when day and night are equal in the division of the zodiac, are a yāma; with four of those, a day and a night [are formed]; fifteen days and nights are a fortnight; two fortnights are a month, which ends with the bright fortnight; with two of those, beginning with Mārgaśīrṣa, in order, there are six seasons named hemanta, śiśira, spring, summer, rainy season, and autumn; among them, the three beginning with śiśira are the northern course of the sun and the period of absorption (ādāna); the remaining are the southern course and the period of release (visarga); these two, absorption and release, constitute a year.
Or simply with ghee derived from milk alone;
and one should make her lick the filaments of lotus, blue water-lily, and white water-lily, mixed with honey and sugar.
Vitiated, vitiating the channels that carry breath, water, and food,
A prastha prepared from ghee, which removes vāta-cough and stimulates the digestive fire;
And in whichever enema a paste is not prescribed, one should everywhere provide this very one in it;
Anointed with aged ghee, bathed with pleasantly warm water,

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