[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) › 7.3 # The Compendium of Caraka 7.3: tṛtīyo 'adhyāyaḥ/ Carakasaṃhitā 7.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### tṛtīyo 'adhyāyaḥ/ ### [7.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.1) athāta ikṣvākukalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ// > Now we shall explain the formulation of ikṣvāku. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.2) iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ// > Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.3) siddhaṃ vakṣyāmyathekṣvākukalpaṃ yeṣāṃ praśasyate/ > I shall now speak of the proven formulation of ikṣvāku, \[and\] for whom it is praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.3\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.3_1) &lambā 'atha kaṭukālābūstumbī piṇḍaphalā tathā// > Lambā, kaṭukālābū, tumbī, and piṇḍaphalā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.4) ikṣvākuḥ phalinī caiva procyate tasya kalpanā/ kāsaśvāsaviṣacchardijvarārte kaphakarṣite// > ikṣvāku, and phalinī: its preparations are stated \[under these synonyms\]. > In one afflicted with cough, dyspnea, poison, vomiting, and fever, emaciated by kapha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.5) pratāmyati nare caiva vamanārthaṃ tadiṣyate/ apuṣpasya pravālānāṃ muṣṭiṃ prādeśasaṃmitam// > and in a person who is fainting, it is desired for emesis. > A span-long fistful of the shoots of one without flowers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.6) kṣīraprasthe śṛtaṃ dadyāt pittodrikte kaphajvare/ puṣpādiṣu ca catvāraḥ kṣīre jīmūtake yathā// > boiled in a prastha of milk, one should give in kapha-fever with increased pitta; > and in flowers and the rest, four \[formulations\] in milk, as in jīmūtaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.7) yogā haritapāṇḍūnāṃ surāmaṇḍena pañcamaḥ/ phalasvarasabhāgaṃ ca triguṇakṣīrasādhitam// > Formulations \[are made\] of green-yellowish \[fruits\]; the fifth is with wine-scum. > And one part of fruit juice prepared with threefold milk > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.8) uraḥsthite kaphe dadyāt svarabhede ca pīnase/ jīrṇe madhyoddhṛte &kṣīraṃ prakṣipettadyadā dadhi// > one should give when kapha is located in the chest, and in hoarseness and chronic catarrh. > Into a mature \[fruit\] whose interior has been extracted, one should pour milk; when that becomes curds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.9) jātaṃ syāt sakaphe kāse śvāse vamyāṃ ca tat pibet/ ajākṣīreṇa bījāni &bhāvayet pāyayeta ca// > one should drink it in cough with kapha, in dyspnea, and in vomiting. > One should steep the seeds with goat's milk and have it drunk > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.10) viṣagulmodaragranthigaṇḍeṣu ślīpadeṣu ca/ mastunā vā phalānmadhyaṃ pāṇḍukuṣṭhaviṣārditaḥ// > in artificial poison, gulma, abdominal disease, glandular swellings, goitre, and elephantiasis. > Or, afflicted with jaundice, kuṣṭha, and poison, \[one should drink\] the pulp from the fruit with curd-whey; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.11) tena takraṃ vipakvaṃ vā sakṣaudralavaṇaṃ pibet/ tumbyā phalarasaiḥ śuṣkaiḥ sapuṣpairavacūrṇitam// > or one should drink buttermilk cooked with it, along with honey and salt. > \[A garland\] dusted with the dried fruit juices of tumbī together with its flowers > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.12) chardayenmālyamāghrāya gandhasaṃpatsukhocitaḥ/ bhakṣayet phalamadhyaṃ vā guḍena palalena ca// > one should smell and vomit, if accustomed to comfort through the excellence of fragrance. > Or one should eat the fruit pulp with jaggery and sesame paste, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.13) ikṣvākuphalatailaṃ vā siddhaṃ vā pūrvavadghṛtam/ pañcāśaddaśavṛddhāni phalādīnāṃ yathottaram// > or oil of the ikṣvāku fruit, or ghee prepared as before. > Fifty \[seeds\], increased successively by tens, from the fruit and the rest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.14) pibedvimṛdya bījāni kaṣāyeṣvāśataṃ pṛthak/ yaṣṭyāhvakovidārādyairmuṣṭimantarnakhaṃ pibet// > up to a hundred, one should drink after crushing the seeds separately in the decoctions. > One should drink an antarnakhamuṣṭi with yaṣṭyāhva and the kovidāra and other > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.15) kaṣāyaiḥ &kovidārādyairmātrāśca phalavat smṛtāḥ/ bilvamūlakaṣāyeṇa tumbībījāñjaliṃ pacet// > decoctions—the kovidāra and other \[decoctions\]; and the doses are considered like \[those of\] madana. > One should cook an añjali of tumbī seeds with a decoction of bilva root; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.16) pūtasyāsya trayo &bhāgāścaturthaḥ phāṇitasya tu/ saghṛto bījabhāgaśca &piṣṭānardhāṃśikāṃstathā// > of this strained \[decoction\] there are three parts, and the fourth is of treacle, > and a part of seeds along with ghee, and likewise ground \[seeds\] in half-parts > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.17) mahājālinijīmūtakṛtavedhanavatsakān/ taṃ lehaṃ sādhayeddarvyā ghaṭṭayanmṛdunā 'agninā// > of mahājālinī, jīmūta, kṛtavedhana, and vatsaka. > Stirring with a ladle over a gentle fire, one should cook that electuary > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.18) yāvat syāttantumattoye patitaṃ tu na śīryate/ taṃ lihanmātrayā &lehaṃ pramathyāṃ ca pibedanu// > until it becomes thread-like and does not disperse when dropped in water. > One should lick that electuary in proper measure and drink a carminative decoction after it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.19) kalpa eṣo 'agnimanthādau catuṣke pṛthagucyate/ śaktubhirvā pibenmanthaṃ tumbīsvarasabhāvitaiḥ// > This procedure is stated separately for the group of four beginning with agnimantha. > Or one should drink a churned beverage made with roasted barley flour steeped in tumbī juice > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.20) kaphaje 'atha jvare kāse kaṇṭharogeṣvarocake/ gulme &mehe praseke ca kalkaṃ māṃsarasaiḥ pibet/ naraḥ sādhu vamatyevaṃ na ca daurbalyamaśnute// > in kapha-born fever, cough, throat diseases, anorexia, > gulma, urinary disorder, and excessive salivation; or one should drink the paste with meat broths: > thus a person vomits well and does not suffer weakness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.21) tatra ślokāḥ--- > Here are the verses— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.21\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.21_1) payasyaṣṭau surāmaṇḍa-mastu-takreṣu ca trayaḥ/ ghreyaṃ sapalalaṃ tailaṃ vardhamānāḥ phaleṣu ṣaṭ// > Eight in milk, and three in wine-scum, curd-whey, and buttermilk; > one to be smelled, with sesame paste, oil, and six increasing \[doses\] in fruits; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.22) ghṛtamekaṃ kaṣāyeṣu navānye madhukādiṣu/ aṣṭau vartikriyā lehāḥ pañca &mantho rasastathā// > one ghee; nine others in decoctions of madhuka and the rest; > eight in pills; five electuaries; and likewise a churned drink and meat broth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.23) yogā &ikṣvākukalpe te catvāriṃśacca pañca ca/ uktā maharṣiṇā samyak prajānāṃ hitakāmyayā// > These forty-five formulations in the procedure of ikṣvāku > have been properly spoken by the great sage out of desire for the welfare of mankind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.3.23\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3.23_1) ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte 'aprāpte dṛḍhabalasaṃpūrite kalpasthāne ikṣvākukalpo nāma tṛtīyo 'adhyāyaḥ//3// > Thus ends the third chapter, named 'The Procedure of Ikṣvāku', in the Section on Formulation in the treatise made by Agniveśa, redacted by Caraka, and completed by Dṛḍhabala when unavailable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.7.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.5277) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.3) · Pramāṇa