Ashtangasamgraha 4.4
English (machine translation) 4.4
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4.4
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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- Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit