[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) › 6.9.42 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.9.42 Carakasaṃhitā 6.9.42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.9.42) kalyāṇakamidaṃ sarpiḥ śreṣṭhaṃ puṃsavaneṣu ca/ iti kalyāṇakaṃ ghṛtam/ ebhya eva sthirādīni jale paktvaikaviṃśatim// > This Kalyāṇaka ghee is preeminent also in rituals for obtaining male offspring. / Thus \[ends\] Kalyāṇaka Ghṛta. / Boiling these twenty-one \[ingredients\] beginning with sthirā in water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.9.41) - [Next: 6.9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.9.43) - [Up: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.9.42) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.20.29) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit - [Sahasrayoga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.sahasrayoga.5.102) — Sanskrit - [Vīrasiṃha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.karmavipaka.virasimha.4.p22.4) — Bhoja, Sanskrit - [Vīrasiṃhāvaloka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.karmavipaka.virasimhavaloka.3.p23.3) — Vīrasiṃha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.9.42) · Pramāṇa