[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [The Compendium of Bheḷa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela) › 7.8 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 7.8 Bheḷasaṃhitā 7.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.1) phalāni paripakvāni śaṅkhinyāstūddharedbhiṣak | antarā caitravaiśākhamavyagro yavasaṃgrahe || > The physician should gather the fully ripe fruits of śaṅkhinī / between Caitra and Vaiśākha, undisturbed during the barley harvest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.2) anūṣare niruddhāre kṣetre sūryapratāpite | kṛṣṇamṛtsnāprabhe vāpi tathā ca svarṇamṛttike || > in non-saline, unflooded ground warmed by the sun, / or having the appearance of black clay, or in golden soil, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.3) na vyagre na ca valmīke na cāpi tṛṇachādite | susame bhūpradeśe tu yā jātā śaṅkhinī bhavet || > not uneven, free of anthills, and not covered with grass— / on ground that is very level, whatever śaṅkhinī has grown \[there\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.4) tasyā droṇaṃ samāvāpya tadbhāṇḍaṃ siddhabandhanam | yavaparṇoṣitaṃ cāpisamuddhṛtya nidhāpayet || > Having poured a droṇa of it into a vessel whose closure is prepared, / and having kept it among barley leaves, he should take it out and store it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.5) saptarātraṃvārdhamāsaṃ samācchādya samantataḥ | ātape pariśuṣkāṇi sūkṣmacūrṇāni kārayet || > Having covered it all around for seven nights or half a month, / dried in the sun, he should make fine powders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.6) phalānāmathacaiteṣāṃ dvau bhāgau kārayed bhiṣak | tilaṃ tṛtīyakaṃ kṛtvā kṣodayitvā hyulūkhale || > And of these fruits, the physician should make two parts; / making sesame the third part, pounding it in a mortar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.7) samyagdṛṣadi niṣpiṣya tailamuddhārayet tataḥ | śaṅkhinyā hy akṣamātraṃ tu trivṛtkalkamathāpi vā || > and grinding thoroughly on a stone, he should then extract the oil. / An akṣa-measure of śaṅkhinī or paste of trivṛt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.8) tasmiṃstaile payaś caiva bhiṣagdadyāccaturguṇam | etat sarvaṃ samāloḍya pācayenmṛdunāgninā || > and the physician should add four times as much milk to that oil. / Having stirred all this together, he should cook it over a gentle fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.9) pakvamāhṛtya visrāvya svanuguptaṃ nidhāpayet | tasyāñjaliṃprakuñcaṃ vā prasṛtaṃ vāpi pāyayet || > Taking it off when cooked, straining it, he should store it well-concealed. / He should make him drink an añjali, a prakuñca, or a handful of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.10) viricyate tena sādhunāyogo nātiyogitā | susūkṣmasyātha śaṅkhinyāścūrṇasya prasṛtaṃ śṛtam || > He is purged well thereby, with neither deficit nor excess. / Then a handful of very fine boiled powder of śaṅkhinī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.11) kṣīrapātreṇa saṃyojyapariyogamadhiśrayet | tathā vipācya visrāvya śītīkṛtyābhimanthayet || > combining it with a bowl of milk, he should place in a cooking vessel. / Having cooked it thus, strained it, and cooled it, he should churn it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.12) tatrayannavanītaṃ syāt tad uddhṛtya vipācayet | śaṅkhinīphalakalkena kṣīreṇa salilena ca || > Whatever butter is obtained there, having removed it, he should cook it / with a paste of śaṅkhinī fruits, milk, and water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.13) sa pibettad yathotsāhaṃ tena sādhu viricyate | śaṅkhinīphalakalkantu samyak dṛṣadi peṣayet || > He should drink that according to his capacity; thereby he is purged well. / He should thoroughly grind the paste of śaṅkhinī fruits on a stone; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.14) gokṣīreṇa samāloḍya pibettena viricyate | etenaiva ca kalpenahyuṣṭrīkṣīreṇapāyayet || > stirring it with cow's milk, he should drink it: thereby he is purged. / And according to this very procedure, he should administer it with camel's milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.15) ajākṣīre ' vikākṣīre māhiṣe vātha vā punaḥ | gomūtreṇoṣṭramūtreṇacāvimūtreṇa vā punaḥ || > or in goat's milk, sheep's milk, or again buffalo's milk; / or with cow's urine, camel's urine, or sheep's urine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.16) athavā hastimūtreṇapibettena viricyate | āmṛdgannatha mṛdvīkāṃdāpayetphāṇitodake || > or else with elephant's urine, he should drink it: thereby he is purged. / Then, crushing raisins, he should add them into molasses-water; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.17) bhṛṣṭvā tu śaṅkhinītaile pariyogamadhiśrayet | ardhaṃ cūrṇāni pippalyā harītakyāś ca dāpayet || > having roasted them in śaṅkhinī oil, he should place them in a cooking vessel. / He should add half-parts of powders of pippalī and harītakī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.18) ataḥpāṇitalaṃ prāśya tena sādhu viricyate | śaṅkhinīphalamadhyāni dātavyaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā || > Having consumed a palmful of this, thereby he is purged well. / The kernels of śaṅkhinī fruit, and salt is to be given likewise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.19) śaṅkhinītailabhṛṣṭāniphāṇitenātha saṃsṛjet | godhūmājyena saṃsṛjya modakān kārayed bhiṣak || > fried in śaṅkhinī oil, he should then mix with molasses. / Combining it with wheat and ghee, the physician should make sweetmeat balls. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.20) tāṃstrīn dvau vātha saṃbhakṣya tatassādhu viricyate | surāṃ sauvīrakaṃ takraṃ dadhimas tu tuṣodakam || > Having eaten three or two of them, he is then purged well. / Surā, sauvīraka, buttermilk, curds, whey, tuṣodaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.21) kaṭvaraṃkolasīdhuṃ vā dadhipakvarasaṃ tathā | karkandhubadarāṇāṃ vāsīdhuṃ pīlupriyālayoḥ || > kaṭvara, or jujube sīdhu, or curds cooked with meat broth, / or sīdhu of karkandhu and badara, or of pīlu and priyāla, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.22) bhavyapārāvatānāṃ ca mṛdvīkāmadyam eva vā | bilvaśigrukapitthānāṃ rasānvā saha pāyayet || > and of bhavya and pārāvata, or grape wine itself; / or he should administer it along with the juices of bilva, śigru, and kapittha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8.23) ayaṃ hi śaṅkhinīkalpomayā tu samudāhṛtaḥ | ya evaṃ samprajānātisa rājñāṃ kartumarhati || ity āha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | iti bhele kalpasthāne ' ṣṭamo ' dhyāyaḥ || || navamo ' dhyāyaḥ || athātaḥ śyāmātrivṛtkalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāma iti ha smāha bhagavān ātreyaḥ | > "This formulation of śaṅkhinī has been fully set forth by me. / He who understands it thus is worthy to treat kings." / Thus said the venerable Ātreya. / In the Kalpasthāna of Bheḷa, the eighth chapter. / Chapter Nine. / Now we shall explain the formulation of śyāmā and trivṛt; thus said the venerable Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.7.8.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.7.8) · Pramāṇa