[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 Caraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › 6.8.148 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.8.148 Carakasaṃhitā 6.8.148 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.8.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.148) kalpayedguṭikāṃ caitaccūrṇaṃ paktvā sitopalām/ guṭikā hyagnisaṃyogāccūrṇāllaghutarāḥ smṛtāḥ// iti tālīśādyaṃ cūrṇaṃ guṭikāśca/ śuṣyatāṃ kṣīṇamāṃsānāṃ kalpitāni vidhānavit/ dadyānmāṃsādamāṃsāni bṛṃhaṇāni viśeṣataḥ// > Having cooked sugar candy, one may also prepare this powder into pills; / for pills, by contact with fire, are considered lighter than powders. > Thus ends the Tālīśādya powder and pills. > For those who are wasting and depleted of flesh, the skilled physician / should give prepared meats of carnivorous animals, especially as tonics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.8.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.147) - [Next: 6.8.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.150) - [Up: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.8.148) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.148) · Pramāṇa