Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

Ashtangasamgraha 8.18

Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 8.18

Language
Sanskrit

8.18

viśeṣatastvābharaṇakṛte vikāre 'śvagandhāpāmārgakiṇihīkhadiraśirīṣakalkairgopittayuktaiḥ pradehaḥ |

pādapīṭhakṛte śleṣmātakasarpasugandhāmrakalko madhuyuktaḥ |

chatraprayukte vedanāsphoṭānāṃ kṣiprapākānāṃ pakvajāmbavaprakāśānāṃ prādurbhāvaḥ |

tatra madhukapāṭalākaśerukalodhrāñjanakuṣṭhasarpasugandhākhadiraśirīṣakalkaiḥ sarvagātrapradehaḥ |

anena cāmaravyajane vyākhyāte ||

śarīramapi sattvādīnanurudhyate |

sattvādayo 'pi śarīram ||

so 'tisāro 'tisaraṇādāśukārī svabhāvataḥ ||

madhūkamadhukadrākṣākamalāmalakāmbudam ||

bījaṃ karañjāt kusumaṃ śirīṣāt phalaṃ ca valkaṃ ca kapitthavṛkṣāt ||

Specifically, in a disorder caused by ornaments, a warm poultice should be made with pastes of aśvagandhā, apāmārga, kiṇihī, khadira, and śirīṣa mixed with cow's bile.

In one caused by a footstool, a paste of śleṣmātaka, sarpasugandhā, and mango mixed with honey [should be used].

When [poison] is applied to an umbrella, there is appearance of pain and blisters that suppurate quickly and resemble ripe jambu fruits.

There, a warm poultice over the whole body [is applied] with pastes of madhuka, pāṭalā, kaśeruka, lodhra, añjana, kuṣṭha, sarpasugandhā, khadira, and śirīṣa.

By this, chowries and fans are explained.

The body also conforms to mental temperaments and the like;

Mental temperaments and the like also conform to the body.

That diarrhea, because of rapid evacuation, is swift-acting by nature.

Madhūka, madhuka, drākṣā, lotus, āmalaka, mustā,

Seed from karañja, flower from śirīṣa, and fruit and bark from the kapittha tree—

English (machine translation) (machine translation)

Translations (1)

Commentaries (1)