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The Compendium of Caraka 8.12.19

Carakasaṃhitā 8.12.19

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Sanskrit

8.12.19

ata ūrdhvaṃ vṛṣyatamān snehān vakṣyāmaḥ/ --- śatāvarīguḍūcīkṣuvidāryāmalakadrākṣākharjūrāṇāṃ yantrapīḍitānāṃ rasaprasthaṃ pṛthagekaikaṃ tadvadghṛtatailagomahiṣyajākṣīrāṇāṃ dvau dvau dadyāt, jīvakarṣabhakamedāmahāmedātvakkṣīrīśṛṅgāṭakamadhūlikāmadhukoccaṭāpippalīpuṣkarabījanīlotpalakadambapuṣpapuṇḍarīkakeśarakalkān pṛṣatatarakṣumāṃsakukkuṭacaṭakacakoramattākṣabarhijīvañjīvakuliṅgahaṃsāṇḍarasavasāmajjādaṃśca prasthaṃ dattvā sādhayet/

Hereafter we shall explain the supreme aphrodisiac unctuous substances: / One should take one prastha each of the press-extracted juices of śatāvarī, guḍūcī, sugarcane, vidārī, āmalaka, drākṣā, and dates; likewise two [prasthas] each of clarified butter, oil, cow's milk, buffalo's milk, and goat's milk; and having added a paste of jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, medā, mahāmedā, tvakkṣīrī, śṛṅgāṭaka, madhūlikā, madhuka, uccaṭā, pippalī, lotus seeds, blue water-lily, kadamba flowers, and lotus filaments, and a prastha each of the meat broth, muscle fat, and marrow of spotted deer, hyena, rooster, sparrow, cakora, mattākṣa, peacock, jīvañjīva, kuliṅga, and goose eggs, one should cook it.

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