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The Compendium of Caraka 1.25.39

Carakasaṃhitā 1.25.39

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Sanskrit

1.25.39

ahitatamānapyupadekṣyāmaḥ yavakāḥ śūkadhānyānāmapathyatamatvena prakṛṣṭatamā bhavanti māṣāḥ śamīdhānyānāṃ varṣānādeyamudakānām ūṣaraṃ lavaṇānāṃ sarṣapaśākaṃ śākānāṃ gomāṃsaṃ mṛgamāṃsānāṃ kāṇakapotaḥ pakṣiṇāṃ bheko bileśayānāṃ cilicimo matsyānām avikaṃ sarpiḥ sarpiṣām avikṣīraṃ kṣīrāṇāṃ kuskumbhasnehaḥ sthāvarasnehānāṃ mahiṣavasā ānūpamṛgavasānāṃ kumbhīravasā matsyavasānāṃ kākamadguvasā jalacaravihaṅgavasānāṃ caṭakavasā viṣkiraśakunivasānāṃ hastimedaḥ śākhādamedasāṃ nikucaṃ phalānām ālukaṃ kandānāṃ phāṇitamikṣuvikārāṇām iti prakṛtayivāhitatamānāmāhāravikārāṇāṃ prakṛṣṭatamāni dravyāṇi vyākhyātāni bhavanti; (iti) hitāhitāvayavo vyākhyāta āhāravikārāṇām //

We shall also teach the most unwholesome: wild barley is the most prominent among awned grains in being most unwholesome; black gram among pod grains; river water in the rainy season among waters; salt-earth salt among salts; mustard greens among leafy vegetables; beef among wild animal meats; domestic pigeon among birds; frog among burrow-dwelling animals; cilicima among fish; sheep ghee among ghees; sheep milk among milks; safflower oil among vegetable unctuous substances; buffalo fat among the fats of marshland animals; crocodile fat among the fats of fish; cormorant fat among the fats of aquatic birds; sparrow fat among the fats of scatter-feeding birds; elephant marrow among the marrows of branch-dwelling animals; nikuca among fruits; āluka among rhizomes; half-boiled molasses among products of sugar cane. In this manner, the most prominent substances among the modifications of food that are by nature most unwholesome have been explained. Thus the wholesome and unwholesome components of the modifications of food have been explained.

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