[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) › 5 # The Bower Manuscript 5 Bower Manuscript 5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.5) 8 syāc citrakaṃ trikaṭukaṃ saha puṣkareṇa hiṃgvamblavetasayutāṃ saviḍāśvagandhām\* / kustumburūṇi vacayā saha dāḍimaṃ ca sauvarcalaṃ yavamayaṃ tu navaṃ ca 9 kṣaram\* // 80 // dadyāt tulādhṛtasamāṃśanavāṃ yavānīṃ kṛṣṇājagandhapiśunāmarajām ajājīm\* / tad bhāskarāṃśupariśuṣkasamāhitāṃśaṃ cūrṇaṃ bhiṣak samarasaṃ tanu yojayīta // 81 // 10 tad bījapūrakarasair nicitaṃ prapiṣya kuryād vimṛdya guḍikā vadarapramāṇāḥ / ekām ariṣṭamadhumādhavaśārkareṇa kālyaṃ pibeta surayā > There should be citraka, the three pungents, along with puṣkara root, / with asafoetida and amlavetasa, with viḍa salt and aśvagandhā, / coriander seeds with sweet flag, pomegranate, / black salt, and fresh barley-derived / alkali. // 80 // He should give equal parts weighed on a balance of fresh yavānī, / pippalī, ajagandhā, piśuna, maraja, and cumin seeds; / dried in the rays of the sun, and the parts combined, the physician should prepare a fine powder with equal flavor. // 81 // Having ground it steeped in citron juice, and kneaded it, he should make pills the size of a jujube fruit; / in the morning, one should drink one \[pill\] with fermented liquor, honey-wine, spring-wine, or sugar-wine, or with spirituous liquor > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.4) - [Next: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.5) · Pramāṇa