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Kautilya's Arthashastra 13.4.18

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 13.4.18

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Sanskrit

13.4.18

saraladevadārupūtitṛṇagugguluśrīveṣṭakasarjarasalākṣāgulikāḥ kharoṣṭrājāvīnāṃ leṇḍaṃ cāgnidhāraṇam //

Small balls prepared from the mixture of sarala (Pinus Longifolia), devadáru (deodár), pútitrina (stinking grass), guggulu (Bdellium), sriveshtaka (turpentine), the juice of sarja (Vatica Robusta), and láksha (lac) combined with dungs of an ass, camel, sheep, and goat are inflammable (agnidharanah, i.e., such as keep fire.)

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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