Ashtangasamgraha 14

English (machine translation) 14

Language: English

14.1

Now we shall explain the chapter that is the Compendium of Groups for Purification and Other Procedures.

Thus spoke Ātreya and the other great seers.

Thus spoke Ātreya and the other great seers.

Thus spoke Ātreya and the other great seers.

Thus spoke Ātreya and the other great seers.

14.2

The fruits, flowers, and leaves of emetic nut, jīmūtaka, wild bitter gourd, and the two kinds of sponge gourd; the fruits of kuṭaja, karañja, cucumber, mustard, long pepper, viḍaṅga, cardamom, pratyakpuṣpī, hareṇu, pṛthvīkā, coriander, and prapunnāṭa; the autumn fruits of hastiparṇī; the roots of kovidāra, karbudāra, neem, aśvagandhā, nīpa, vidula, bilva, bimbī, bandhujīvaka, white aśva, śaṇapuṣpī, sadāpuṣpī, calamus, citrā, plumbago, bitter apple, suṣavī, drumstick, sweet thorn, pāṭhā, pāṭalī, śārṅgeṣṭā, licorice, mūrvā, saptaparṇa, somavalka, dvīpi, sigru, jasmine, saumanasyā, ajwain, vṛścīva, hogweed, mahāsahā, kṣudrasahā, sugarcane reed, kālaktaka, long pepper root, cavikā, nalada, vetiver, and hrībera;

the mucilages of śālmalī, śeluka, bhadraparṇī, airāvaṇī, āvarttakī, upodakā, uddāla, dhanvana, rasāñjana, rājādana, upacitrā, and gopaśṛṅgāṭikā;

priyaṅgu flowers;

tālīsa leaves;

the rhizomes of turmeric and ginger;

licorice and tree turmeric;

tagara, guḍūcī, honey, half-boiled molasses, milk, alkali, and salt—these are useful for emesis.

And through resort to reviling the virtuous, killing, seizure of another's property, and the like.

Therefore, for him, one should administer purifications to a strong patient to increase the fiery element and pacify moisture and fat;

but pacifications for a weak patient;

and for all, food and drinks that bind urine, do not produce fat, are non-nourishing, stimulate the digestive fire, and generate strength.

For strength, when built up according to rule, leads to the destruction of all diseases.

Then one should rub [the eye] with rock salt and long pepper powder mixed with honey;

and bind it as before;

[and] apply drops with a decoction of patola leaves and gooseberry.

14.3

The roots of trivṛt, śyāmā, dantī, dravantī, śaṅkhinī, saptalā, ajagandhā, ajaśṛṅgī, vacā, gavākṣī, chagalāntrī, suvarṇakṣīrī, citraka, kiṇihī, the minor five roots, vṛścīva, punarnavā, palaṅkaṣā, vāstuka-vegetable, and sāla;
the barks of tilvaka, ramyaka, kāmpilyaka, and pāṭalī;
the fruits of the three fruits, pīlu, priyāla, kuvala, badara, karkandhu, kāśmarya, parūṣaka, grape, nīlinī, klītanaka, udakīryā, viḍaṅga, areca nut, and five-finger castor;
the fruits and leaves of four-finger cassia;
the bark, fruits, and leaves of pūtīka;
the milky juices of mahāvṛkṣa, saptacchada, and jyotiṣmatī;
and milk, wine, curd-water, buttermilk, fermented grain-wash, and urines: these are applicable for purgation.

Reaching the channels that course obliquely, [they affect] skin, lymph, blood, and flesh;
otherwise a weeping fistulous tract will develop;
and after rubbing it with honey and rock salt, one should treat it like a pterygium.

14.4

The fresh juice of kośātakī, devadālī, saptalā, and kāravollikā, the milky juice of arka, and warm water: these act in both ways [as emetics and purgatives].
As for the substances used in enemas in various specific conditions, they are not taught here because they are innumerable;
one should classify them from the groupings of tastes according to the doṣa and according to the stage of the disease.
In nearly all [enemas], however, the fruits of madana, kuṭaja, jīmūtaka, ikṣvāku, both kośātakīs, trapuṣa, white mustard, and dill;
the roots of balā, the ten roots, castor, trivṛt, vacā, liquorice, kuṣṭha, rāsnā, punarnavā, and lemon grass;
and sarala, devadāru, hapuṣā, asafoetida, rasāñjana, the three pungents, patra, cardamom, amṛtā, barley, kola, horse gram, jaggery, salt, curd-water, fermented grain-wash, urine, oleaginous substances, milk, and honey: these are applicable for evacuating enemas.
Vitiated [doṣas] cause discoloration of the skin; they call that skin disease.
If pitta predominates, however, [one should cleanse] with a decoction of the nyagrodha group;
and after that, one should nourish the patient gradually with meat soups of wild animals.
For due to excessive emaciation, in a patient with urinary disorder there arises particularly dysuria, pain in the bladder and penis, abdominal swelling, extreme wasting, giddiness, and the like;
then, to prevent complications and for one who is fit for pacification, one should administer pacification therapies.
An eyewash [should be applied] with rock salt, wet ginger, green vitriol, iron, and copper, finely ground with honey.

14.5

The fruits of apāmārga, viḍaṅga, black pepper, long pepper, śirīṣa, bilva, cumin, ajowan, eggplant, pṛthvīkā, cardamom, and hareṇu;
the leaves of the tālīsa, tamāla, tarkārī, and harītakī groups;
the fruits and leaves of mustard;
the fruits, leaves, and barks of drumstick;
the tubers and leaves of turmeric, radish, garlic, and ginger;
the tubers of ativiṣā;
the roots of kuṣṭha, vacā, bhārṅgī, śvetā, kiṇihī, nāgadantī, jyotiṣmatī, gavākṣī, vayasthā, vṛścikālī, bambī, and karañja;
the flowers and roots of arka and alarka;
the seeds of lodhra, madana, saptaparṇa, nimba, and pīlu;
the flowers of muruṅgī, citron, and clove;
the exudates of agaru, devadāru, sarala, sallakī, jiṅgiṇī, asana, rasāñjana, cinnabar, and lac;
the heartwoods of tamāla, sāla, tāla, madhūka, and dārvī;
the barks of tejasvinī, meṣaśṛṅgī, cinnamon, iṅgudī, both bṛhatīs, and coca;
the kernels of rājādana, honey, salt, wines, the expressed fluid of dung, urine, and bile of cows and similar animals, and others of this kind that are beneficial to the sense organs; likewise oleaginous substances, milk, blood, meat juice, grain-extract, and water: these are applicable for errhines.
Entering the bodily tissues, pervading them internally, moistening everything, they bring about [evacuation].
Or else one should lick the flowers or the powder of sāla, saptaparṇa, kuṭajaka, kapittha, kampillaka, bibhītaka, and rohitaka with honey;
or the powder of harītakī;
or one should drink a decoction of the three fruits, mustā, devadāru, and turmeric;
or of asana, citraka, the three fruits, dārvī, and indrajava with honey;
or similarly the fresh juice of guḍūcī or of āmalakī.

14.6

Madhuka, padmaka, mañjiṣṭhā, sārivā, mustā, punnāga, ironwood, ailavāluka, gold, cinnamon bark, tamāla, pṛthvīkā, hareṇu, lac, śatapuṣpā, sallakī, sugar, madanaka, marubaka, the barks of nyagrodha, udumbara, aśvattha, plakṣa, and lodhra, lotus, blue water lily, and all aromatic substances except kuṣṭha and tagara: these are applicable for ordinary daily medicated smoking.
Agaru, guggulu, sallakī, lichen, nalada, hrībera, hareṇu, uśīra, mustā, dhyāmaka, cinnamon, resin of pinus, sthauṇeyaka, paripelava, ailavāluka, kunduruka, sal resin, licorice, fruit-pulp, oily extract, beeswax, pulp of the fruit of bael, barley, sesame, black gram, saffron, and fat, bone marrow, muscle fat, and ghee: these are applicable for oleating medicated smoking.
The substances used for errhines, sharp fragrant aromatics, realgar, and orpiment: these are applicable for sharp medicated smoking.
By which the hair, skin, tendons, arteries, and cartilage [are destroyed] in succession.
Or [a decoction] of tagara, viḍaṅga, and the two turmerics;
or of sandalwood, agaru, kuṣṭha, and devadāru;
or of pāṭhā, agnimantha, cavikā, and the three fruits;
in urinary disorders due to pitta, however, of lodhra, uśīra, arjuna, and sandalwood;
or of nimba, amṛtā, āmalakī, and paṭolī;
or of śirīṣa, sarja, arjuna, and ironwood stamens;
or of phalinī, red lotus, blue water lily, and flowers of the flame-of-the-forest;
or of kuṭaja, blue water lily, and kaṭaṅkaṭerī.

14.7

Bhadradāru, kuṣṭha, tagara, varuṇa, balā, atibalā, ārtagala, kacchurā, hlādinī, kuberākṣī, vatsādanī, arka, alarka, kataka, bhārṅgī, kārpāsī, vṛścikālī, pattūra, and so forth; the vidāryādi group; the vīratarādi [group]; and the six pañcamūlas excluding the one called tṛṇa—these are pacifiers of vāta.

Dūrvā, anantā, mocārasa, mañjiṣṭhā, paripelava, kālā, kālīyaka, kadalī, kandalī, payasyā, ātmaguptā, nālikera, kharjjūra, drākṣā, vidārī, badarī, balā, nāgabalā, nāgapuṣpa, śatāvarī, śītapākī, odanapākī, tṛṇaśūlyā, the two aṃśumatīs, ariṣṭaka, ariṣṭā, aṭarūṣaka, itkaṭa, priyaṅgu, dhātakī, dhava, dhavadhanvana, syandana, khadira, kadara, priyāla, tāla, sāla, sarja, tiniśa, aśvakarṇa, gundrā, vānīra, padmā, padmaka, lotus seeds, lotus stalk, kumuda, nalina, saugandhika, puṇḍarīka, śatapatra, śaivāla, kalhāra, utpala, kākolī, utpalikā, śalūka, śṛṅgāṭaka, kaśeruka, krauñcādana, and so forth; and other drugs of cold potency; the sārivādi [group], the padmakādi [group], the paṭolādi [group], the nyagrodhādi [group], the burning-relieving mahākaṣāya, and the tṛṇapañcamūla—these are pacifiers of pitta.

Śītaśiva, śatapuṣpā, sarala, suradāru, rāsnā, iṅgudī, sātalā, sumanā, kākādanī, lāṅgalikā, hastikarṇa, muñjātaka, lāmajjakā, and so forth; and other drugs of dry and hot potency; the āragvadhādi [group], the asanādi [group], the arkādi [group], the surasādi [group], the muṣkakādi [group], the vatsakādi [group], the mustādi [group], the cold-destroying mahākaṣāya, and the vallī- and kaṇṭaka-pañcamūlas—these are pacifiers of śleṣman.

Cutaneous diseases are of seven types caused by the doṣas singly, combined in pairs, or all together.

In sikatāmeha, one should drink hiṅgu, pravāla, and elā-lavaṇa with liquor, urine, or alkaline water.

In kṣārameha and others, [the decoction] of triphalā, of the asanādi [group], of the nyagrodhādi [group], of śamyāka, of candana and mañjiṣṭhā, and of guḍūcī, tinduka-seeds, kāśmarya, and kharjūra, combined with honey [should be drunk].

In śoṇitameha, paste of madayantī leaves mixed with honey [should be drunk] with cold water.

14.8

And on this it is said:

When well administered after examining the doṣas, tissues, and other factors,
these groups are sufficient to conquer all diseases for those of disciplined self.

Kāpāla kuṣṭha is from vāta, audumbara from pitta, and from kapha […].

There, in vasāmeha, [a decoction] of agnimantha [is used].

In majjāmeha, of amṛtā and citraka.

In hastimeha, the alkali of the bones of the elephant, boar, donkey, and camel mixed with the paste of kuṣṭha, kuṭaja, pāṭhā, and kaṭurohiṇī [is used].

In madhumeha, the decoction of kadara, khadira, and pura [is used].

Then, having filtered that ash according to the procedure for alkali, one should boil it down until it coats the ladle.

This extract eliminates swelling and coating bound by kapha.

And this very preparation should be carried out separately with the flowers of phaṇijjaka, arjaka, āsphota, bilva, kapittha, nirguṇḍī, eraṇḍa, kumuda, utpala, and jātī.

14.8_1

Thus ends the fourteenth chapter.

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Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit