[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Formularies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga) › [The Bower Manuscript](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower) › 37 # The Bower Manuscript 37 Bower Manuscript 37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.37) III. Fol. 4: Bower manuscript r1 tālīsaṃ maricaṃ cavyaṃ palārdhīnāni nāgarān\* / adhyardhaṃ pippalīmūlāt 2 pippalyāś ca palaṃ palam\* // 66 // karṣaḥ syān nāgapuṣpasya tuṭikarṣārdham eva ca / 3 x x x x x ^ \_ \_ x cūrṇatriguṇito guḍaḥ // 67 // ato 'kṣamātrā guḍikā madyayuṣapayorasaiḥ / pītāṃbhasā bhakṣitā vā sarvān hanyād gudodbhavān\* // 68 // 4 śūlapānātyayacchardipramehaviṣamajvarān\* / gulmapārśvarujā śothahṛtpāṇḍugrahaṇīgadān\* // 69 // kāsahikkāruciśvāsakrimyatīsārakāmalān\* / 5 mandāgnitāṃ mūtrakṛcchraṃ hanyāc chothaṃ ca sābhṛśam\* // 70 // etad eva bhavec cūrṇaṃ sitācūrṇacaturguṇam\* / sapitteṣu vikāreṣu viśeṣeṇāmṛtopamam\* // 71 // 6 saiva vā guḍikā pathyāpalatrayaviśeṣitā / śothārśograhaṇīpāṇḍurogaśūlāpahādhikam\* {O} // 72 // 7 {X} tadyathā śvete śvetasyādhipatye śatasyādhikaraṇe svāhā // > III. Fol. 4: Bower manuscript > 1 Tālīsa, black pepper, cavya, half-pala portions of dry ginger, / one and a half \[palas\] of long pepper root, and one pala of long pepper; // 66 > 2 there should be one karṣa of nāgapuṣpa, and half a karṣa of cardamom; / \[…\] jaggery threefold the powder. // 67 > 3 A pill of the size of an akṣa taken from this, consumed with wine, soup, milk, or meat broth, / or eaten with water, destroys all \[ailments\] arising in the rectum: // 68 > 4 colic, alcohol intoxication, vomiting, urinary disorder, irregular fevers, / gulma, flank pain, swelling, diseases of the heart, anemia, and malabsorption disorder, // 69 > 5 cough, hiccup, anorexia, dyspnea, worms, diarrhea, jaundice, / sluggish digestive fire, dysuria, and severe swelling. // 70 > 6 This very powder, with fourfold powdered sugar, / is especially like ambrosia in disorders associated with the bile humour. // 71 > 7 Or that very pill, distinguished by three palas of chebulic myrobalan, / is exceedingly destructive of swelling, hemorrhoids, malabsorption disorder, anemia, and colic. // 72 > 8 It is as follows: O white one, in the sovereignty of the white one, in the jurisdiction of the hundred, svāhā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.36) - [Next: 38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.38) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.37) · Pramāṇa