The Compendium of Caraka 4.8.34

4.8.34

Therein, ghee, oil, honey, rock salt, sauvarcala salt, black salt, viḍ salt, viḍaṅga, kuṣṭha, kilima, dried ginger, pippalī, pippalī-root, hastipippalī, maṇḍūkaparṇī, cardamom, lāṅgalī, vacā, cavya, citraka, cirabilva, asafoetida, mustard, garlic, kataka, kaṇa, kaṇikā, nīpa, flax, balvaja grass, birch bark, kulattha, maireya, surā, and āsava should be kept ready; likewise two stones, two wooden pestles, two mortars, a donkey and a bull, two sharp needles of gold and silver, instruments of sharp iron, two couches made of vilva wood, tinduka and iṅguda woods for kindling fire, many women who have given birth many times, endowed with affection, constantly devoted, of auspicious conduct, skilled in care, loving by nature, devoid of depression, able to endure hardship, and agreeable, and brāhmaṇas versed in the Atharvaveda; and whatever else is considered suitable there, and whatever else the brāhmaṇas and elder women say, that should be done.