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Fol. 3: Bower manuscript r1 kṣīrānupānā lehāḥ syuḥ saptāṣṭau divasāni tu // 55 // {X} ayorajīyan nāma cūrṇam\* {X} mustailā candanośīrayavāni vyoṣavatsakau / phalaṃ tri kaṭukā dāru dārvītvakparpaṭatvacaḥ // 56 // paṭolanimbaṣaḍgranthāmūrvābhūnimbaśigrukāḥ / 2 cūrṇās trāyantisaurāṣṭrasūkṣmāprativiṣāḥ samāḥ // 57 // tiktako nāma hṛdgulmaśūlahā sāṃnipātanud iti / tiktakaṃ nāma cūrṇam\* {X} pippaly ativiṣā 3 hiṃgunāgarendrayavā vacā // 58 // pāṭhājamodā kaṭukā vṛṣasauvarcalābhayāḥ / vṛṣadvādaśakaṃ cūrṇam ajīrṇānāhaśūlanud iti // 59 // {X} vṛṣadvādaśakaṃ nāma cūrṇaṃ {X} 4 māgadhyāḥ kuḍavaḥ syān maricād api ca kuḍavas tathā deyaḥ / nāgarapalāni ṣaṭ syuḥ paṃca ca tālīsapatrasya // 60 // sūkṣmelāyāḥ karṣo guḍasya dadyād bhiṣak tathārdhatulām\* / etac cūrṇaṃ kṛtvā 5 guḍikāḥ palasaṃmitāḥ kuryāt\* // 61 // kāsaṃ śleṣmodrekaṃ bhaktasyārocakaṃ viṣamam agnim\* / śamayaty ajīrṇam eva ca guḍikā siddhārthikā nāma // 62 // {X} siddhārthikā guḍikā {X} sūkṣmelā 6 tvacanāgapuṣpamaricaṃ syāt pippalī nāgaraṃ elābhāgavivardhitaiḥ sama dhṛtaiś cūrṇaiḥ samā śarkarā / etac cūrṇam ajīrṇagulmajaṭhareṣv arśassu hṛdrogiṇāṃ hikkāśvāsiṣu 7 pārśvaśūliṣu hitaṃ kaṇṭhe vikārāś ca ye // 63 // vardhamānakaṃ nāma cūrṇam\* {X} sūkṣmelā surasaṃ hiṃgūṃ tintiḍīkāmblavetase / elāṃ tāmalakīṃ jīvāṃ ṣaḍīṃ puṣkaram 8 eva ca // 64 // bhiṣak puṣkaramūlaṃ ca kāsaśvāsiṣu yojayet\* / hikkāsu pārśvaśūleṣu vāte ca kaphasaṃvṛte // 65 // {X} sūkṣmelāvardhamānakaṃ {X} ślo 2 // sauvarcalāmblavetasapippalyo nāgaraṃ vacāṃ 9 hiṃgum\* / hṛjjaṭharaśūlanāśanam auṣadham uṣṇāmbunā peyam\* // 66 // {X} sauvarcalādyaṃ cūrṇam\* {X} kuṭajayavapippalīnāṃ dve karṣe madhurasāya sārdhapalam\* / pāṭhāpalaṃ ca dadyāt\* 10 dve ca pale śṛṃgaverasya // 67 // sauvarcalasya karṣaṃ karṣaṃ kṣārasya yāvaśūkasya / v1 \_ \_ s tathārdhakarṣaṃ tac cūrṇaṃ kārayet sūkṣmam\* // 68 // asya tu mārjārapadaṃ piben naraḥ sarpiṣā yavāgvā vā / madyaṃ vā śīlayatā madyenāloḍya pātavyam\* // 69 // etaṃ nihanty ajīrṇaṃ plīhaṃ 2 mehaṃ ca pāṇḍurogaṃ ca / sabhagandarārśāṃsi ca pītvāriṣṭaṃ prayogena // 70 // {X} cūrṇāriṣṭaṃ nāma {X} hiṃgubhāgo bhaved eko vacāyā dviguṇo bhavet\* / viḍaṃ triguṇitaṃ dadyāc chṛṃgaveraṃ catur 3 guṇam\* // 71 // yavānikā pañcaguṇā ṣaḍguṇā cābhayā bhavet\* / citrakaḥ saptaguṇitaḥ sūkṣmacūrṇāni kārayet\* // 72 // etac cūrṇaṃ kṛtaṃ sūkṣmaṃ pāyayīta prasannayā / madyena vā tathānyena dadyād uṣṇodakena 4 vā // 73 // gulmaghnaṃ dīpanīyaṃ ca arśoghnaṃ śūlanāśanam\* / kāsaśvāsaharaṃ caiva cūrṇam ānāhanāśanam\* // 74 // ātreyavihitaṃ mukhyaṃ nāmnā śārdūlam ucyate // {O} śārdūlaṃ cūrṇaṃ ślo 4 // {X} // 5 sauvarcalasya ca palaṃ dviguṇaṃ cāmblavetasam\* // 75 // caturguṇaṃ ajājīnāṃ maricaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ bhavet\* / mātuluṃgarasenaitad guḍikāṃ kārayed bhiṣak\* // 76 // praśāntam agniṃ janayed vātaśūlaṃ ca nāśayet\* // 77a // 6 {X} āśvinī mātuluṃgaguḍikā {X} syān mātuluṃgasya rasaṃ saśuktaṃ trīṇy ūṣaṇāny ambilavetasaṃ ca / viḍaṃ yavānīṃ lavaṇottamākhyaṃ sauvarcalaṃ syād 7 guḍikātha kāryāḥ // 78 // arśāṃsi tāḥ saṃśamayanti pītāḥ śūlāni hanyur hṛdipārśvayoś ca / ānāhayogān api cātisāram arocakaṃ vātakṛtaṃ ca gulmam\* // 79 // {X} āmblikā mātuluṃgaguḍikā {X} // > II. Fol. 3: Bower manuscript > r1 These linctuses should be taken with milk as the after-drink, indeed for seven or eight days. // 55 // {X} The powder named Ayobhirajīya {X} / Mustā, cardamom, sandalwood, uśīra, yavānī, the three pungents, vatsaka, / triphalā, kaṭukā, devadāru, tree-turmeric bark, and parpaṭa bark, // 56 // paṭola, neem, ṣaḍgranthā, mūrvā, bhūnimba, sigru, / trāyantī, saurāṣṭrī, and sūkṣmā, \[mixed\] in equal parts with ativiṣā, into a powder: // 57 // this, called Tiktaka, removes heart disease, abdominal tumors, and colic, and subdues \[morbid conditions from\] the combination of the three humours. The powder named Tiktaka. {X} Pippalī, ativiṣā, / asafoetida, ginger, indrayava, sweet flag, // 58 // pāṭhā, ajamodā, kaṭukā, vāsā, black salt, and chebulic myrobalan: / this powder, Vṛṣadvādaśaka, cures indigestion, abdominal distension, and colic. // 59 // {X} The powder named Vṛṣadvādaśaka {X} / There should be one kuḍava measure of pippalī, and likewise one kuḍava measure of black pepper is to be given; / there should be six pala measures of dried ginger, and five of tālīsapatra, // 60 // and one karṣa of lesser cardamom; and the physician should give half a tulā of jaggery. / Having made these into a powder, / one should prepare pills weighing one pala measure each. // 61 // Cough, excess of phlegm humour, aversion to food, uneven digestion, / and indigestion indeed, are allayed by the pill called Siddhārthikā. // 62 // {X} The Siddhārthikā pill {X} / Lesser cardamom, / cinnamon, nāgapuṣpa, black pepper, pippalī, and ginger, / with each part increasing from cardamom, mixed with equal parts \[of all\] weighed together and an equal part of sugar: / this powder is beneficial in cases of indigestion, abdominal tumors, and abdominal swelling, in piles, for patients with heart disease, in hiccups, asthma, / and flank pain, as well as disorders of the throat. // 63 // {X} The powder named Vardhamānaka {X} / Lesser cardamom, holy basil, asafoetida, tamarind, amlavetasa, / \[greater\] cardamom, tāmalakī, jīvanti, ṣaḍī, puṣkara root, // 64 // the physician should also employ puṣkara root in cases of cough and asthma, / in hiccups, flank pain, and when the wind humour is obstructed by phlegm humour. // 65 // {X} Sūkṣmelāvardhamānaka {X} 2 verses // Black salt, amlavetasa, pippalī, ginger, sweet flag, / and asafoetida: / this remedy, taken with warm water, cures colic of the heart and abdomen. // 66 // {X} The powder beginning with Sauvarcala {X} / Two karṣa measures each of kuṭaja, barley, and pippalī, one and a half pala measures of licorice, / and one pala measure of pāṭhā should be given, / and two pala measures of fresh ginger, // 67 // one karṣa of black salt, one karṣa of barley-ash alkali, / v1 \[…\] and half a karṣa, he should cause it to be made into a fine powder. // 68 // A man should drink a mārjārapada measure of this with ghee or gruel; / or, for one accustomed to alcohol, it is to be drunk stirred into alcohol. // 69 // Having drunk this as a medicinal wine in proper administration, it destroys indigestion, spleen enlargement, / urinary disorders, jaundice, / along with anal fistula and piles. // 70 // {X} Named Cūrṇāriṣṭa {X} / There should be one part of asafoetida, two parts of sweet flag, / three parts of viḍa salt, four / parts of fresh ginger, // 71 // five parts of yavānī, six parts of chebulic myrobalan, / and seven parts of citraka; he should make them into fine powders. // 72 // When this fine powder is made, he should cause it to be drunk with the clear top of wine, / or with other alcohol, or with warm water. // 73 // It destroys abdominal tumors, stimulates digestion, destroys piles, and removes colic; / it cures cough and asthma, and is a powder that dispels abdominal distension. // 74 // Enjoined by Ātreya, preeminent, it is called Śārdūla. {O} The Śārdūla powder: 4 verses. {X} / One pala measure of black salt, twice as much of amlavetasa, // 75 // four times as much of cumin seeds, and black pepper should be an eighth; / with citron juice, the physician should make this into a pill. // 76 // It stimulates subsided digestive fire and destroys colic caused by the wind humour. // 77a // / {X} The Āśvin citron pill {X} / There should be citron juice with vinegar, the three pungents, and amlavetasa, / viḍa salt, yavānī, rock salt, and black salt; / then pills are to be made. // 78 // When drunk, they relieve piles and destroy pains in the heart and both flanks, / cases of abdominal distension, diarrhea, / loss of appetite, and abdominal tumors caused by the wind humour. // 79 // {X} The tamarind citron pill {X} > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.3) - [Next: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.4) · Pramāṇa