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Fol. 1: Bower manuscript r1 namas tathāgatebhyaḥ // prākpraṇītair maharṣīṇāṃ yogamukhyais samanvitam\* / vakṣye 'haṃ siddhasaṃkarṣaṃ nāmnā vai nāvanītakam\* // 1 // nānāvyādhiparītānāṃ nṛṇāṃ strīṇāñ ca yad dhitam\* / 2 kumārāṇāṃ hitaṃ yac ca tat sarvam iha vakṣyate // 2 // samāsaratabuddhīnāṃ bhiṣajāṃ prītivardhanam\* / yogabāhulyataś cāpi vistarajñaṃ manonugam\* // 3 // adhyāyaṃ cūrṇayogānāṃ prathamaṃ cātra 3 vakṣyate / dvitīyaṃ ghṛtapānānāṃ tṛtīyaṃ tailasaṃjñitam\* // 4 // caturthaṃ miśrakaṃ nāma nānāvyādhicikitsitam\* / pañcamaṃ vastiyogānāṃ rasāyanavidhā tataḥ // 5 // 4 saptamaṃ ca yavāgūnāṃ vṛṣyam aṣṭamam ucyate / netrāṃjanānāṃ navamaṃ daśamaṃ keśarañjanam\* // 6 // abhayākalpanāmākhyam atraikādaśam ucyate / dvādaśaṃ syāc chailajatoś citrakasya trayodaśam\* // 7 // 5 kumārabhṛtyam apy atra syāc caturdaśam iṣyate / vandhyācikitsitākhyaṃ ca jñeyaṃ pañcadaśaṃ budhaiḥ // 8 // subhagācikitsitākhyāñ ca tathā ṣoḍaśakaṃ matam\* / ity ete ṣoḍaśādhyāyā 6 vijñeyā nāvanītakam\* // 9 // nedaṃ dadyād aputrāya na cābhrātre kathaṃcana / aśiṣye prastavo na syāt kartavya iti me matiḥ // 10 // ṛ 7 tālīsapatraṃ maricaṃ nāgaraṃ pippalī tathā / yathottaraṃ bhāgavṛddhās tvagele cārdhabhāgike // 11 // pippalyaṣṭaguṇā cātra pradeyā 8 sitaśarkarā / kāsaśvāsāruciharaṃ taccūrṇaṃ bhaktarocanam\* // 12 // hṛtpāṇḍugrahaṇīśoṣakāsaplīhajvarāpaham\* / chardyatīsāragulmaghnaṃ mūḍhavātānulomanam iti // 13 // {O} tālīsakaṃ 9 nāma cūrṇam\* {O} yavānīṃ tintiḍīkāṃ ca nāgaraṃ sāṃblavetasam\* / dāḍimaṃ vadaraṃ cāmblaṃkārṣikāny upakalpayet\* // 14 // dhānyasauvarcalājājī varāṃgaṃ cārdhakārṣikāḥ / pippalīnāṃ 10 śataṃ tv ekaṃ dve śate maricasya ca // 15 // śarkarāyāś ca catvāri palāny ekatra cūrṇayet\* / jihvāviśodhanaṃ hṛdyaṃ tac cūrṇaṃ bhaktarocanam\* // 16 // hṛtplīhapārśvaśūlaghnaṃ vivandhānāhanāśanam\* / 11 kāsaśvāsaharaṃ grāhi grahaṇyarśovikāranud iti // 17 // {O} ṣāḍavaṃ nāma cūrṇam\* {O} // ṛ v1 x x x x ^ mṛdvīkā pippalī viśvabheṣajam\* / mātuluṃgarasakṣaudralīḍhaḥ śvāsanibarhaṇam\* // 18 // lājā pātā ^ \_ \_ naś cāṃjanaṃ pippalīkaṇāḥ / śirīṣapuṣpasvarasayuktaḥ 2 svāsaharaḥ paraḥ // 19 // madhukaṃ maricaṃ bhārgī mṛdvīkā puṣkarāguru / madhusarpiyuto leho hikkāśvāsanivāraṇaḥ // 20 // śikhināḍaṃ ruroḥ śṛṃgam ṛṣyaskandhaṃ ghṛtāplutam\* / 3 dagdham antaḥ puṭe śvāsī lihyāt tan madhusarpiṣā // 21 // pravāḍaśaṃkhatriphalācūrṇaṃ madhughṛtāplutam\* / pippalīgairikaṃ caiva lehyaṃ hikkānivāraṇam\* // 22 // śaṇabījaṃ 4 pravāḍaṃś ca gairikaṃ caiva lehayet\* / hikkāyāṃ madhusarpibhyāṃ kharoṣṭrāśvāsthibhasma ca // 23 // pibed eraṇḍatailaṃ vā vāruṇīmaṇḍamiśritam\* / hikkāśvāsanivṛttyarthaṃ 5 snigdhaḥ saṃśodhanaṃ pibed iti // 24 // > Homage to the Tathāgatas. Furnished with the chief formulations formerly composed by the great seers, > I shall declare an epitome of perfected recipes, named Nāvanītaka by name. > Whatever is beneficial for men and women afflicted with diverse diseases, > and whatever is beneficial for children, all that will be declared here. > It increases the joy of physicians who delight in concise methods, > and, through its abundance of recipes, accords with the mind of one familiar with detailed accounts. > The first chapter declared here is of powdered recipes; > the second is of clarified butter drinks, the third is called that of sesame oils; > the fourth is named 'composite' for the treatment of diverse diseases; > the fifth is of enema recipes; then the procedure for rejuvenators; > and the seventh is of gruels; the eighth is called aphrodisiac; > the ninth is of eye salves, and the tenth is hair dyeing; > the eleventh is called the preparation of chebulic myrobalan here; > the twelfth shall be of bitumen, the thirteenth of Plumbago zeylanica; > the fourteenth here is accepted as pediatrics; > and the fifteenth is to be known by the wise as the treatment of barren women; > and the sixteenth is considered the treatment of fortunate women. > Thus these sixteen chapters are to be known as the Nāvanītaka. > One should never give this to a sonless man, nor to one without brothers under any circumstances; > it is my opinion that no presentation should be made to one who is not a pupil. > Flacourtia cataphracta leaf, black pepper, dry ginger, and long pepper, > with parts increasing in order, and cinnamon and cardamom each in a half part; > and here white sugar is to be added eight times the long pepper. > That powder removes cough, dyspnea, and loss of appetite, and stimulates relish for food; > it dispels heart disease, anemia, impaired digestion, consumption, cough, spleen disorder, and fever; > it cures vomiting, diarrhea, and phantom tumor, and normalizes obstructed wind humour. Thus \[ends\] the powder named Tālīsaka. > Bishop's weed, tamarind, dry ginger, Garcinia pedunculata, > pomegranate, and sour jujube—one should prepare a karṣa measure each of these; > coriander, black salt, cumin, and cinnamon leaf each in half-karṣa measures; > one hundred \[fruits\] of long pepper, and two hundred of black pepper; > and one should powder four pala measures of sugar together. > Cleansing the tongue, pleasant to the heart, that powder stimulates relish for food; > it dispels heart pain, spleen pain, and pain in the flanks, and cures constipation and abdominal distension; > it removes cough and dyspnea, is astringent, and dispels disorders of impaired digestion and hemorrhoids. Thus \[ends\] the powder named Ṣāḍava. > \[…\] raisin, long pepper, dry ginger, > l不懂 \[taken as\] a linctus with citron juice and honey destroys dyspnea. > Puffed grain, …, eye salve, and berries of long pepper > combined with the fresh juice of Albizia lebbeck flowers is supreme in removing dyspnea. > Licorice, black pepper, Clerodendrum serratum, raisin, and Inula racemosa; > a confection combined with honey and clarified butter prevents hiccup and dyspnea. > A peacock's quill, a stag's horn, and the shoulder\[-bone\] of a blackbuck, soaked in clarified butter > and burnt inside a sealed crucible—the dyspneic person should lick that with honey and clarified butter. > Powder of coral, conch shell, and three myrobalans, soaked in honey and clarified butter, > and long pepper and red ochre—this linctus prevents hiccup. > Hemp seed, coral, and red ochre—one should cause \[the patient\] to lick them > with honey and clarified butter in hiccup, as well as the ash of bones of a donkey, camel, and horse; > or one should drink castor oil mixed with the scum of Vāruṇī wine; > for the relief of hiccup and dyspnea, an unctuated person should drink an evacuant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.1.13) - [Next: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhāvaprakāśa (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.bhavaprakasa*alt.3.2-10.20) — Sanskrit - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.14.17) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.2) · Pramāṇa