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Kautilya's Arthashastra 14.1.4

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 14.1.4

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14.1.4

citrabhekakauṇḍinyakakṛkaṇapañcakuṣṭhaśatapadī.cūrṇam uccidiṇgakambalīśatakanda(kardama?).idhmakṛkalāsacūrṇaṃ gṛhagolikāndhāhikakrakaṇṭakapūtikīṭa.gomārikācūrṇaṃ bhallātakāvalgujarasamyuktaṃ sadyaḥprāṇaharam, eteṣāṃ vā dhūmaḥ //

The powder (prepared from the carcass) of animals such as chitra (?), bheka (frog), kaundinyaka (?), krikana (perdix sylvatika), panchakushtha (?), and satapadi, (centipede); or of animals such as uchchitinga (crab), kambali (?), krikalása (lizard) with the powder of the bark of satakanda (Phyalis Flexuosa); or of animals such as grihagaulika (a small house-lizard), andháhika (a blind snake), krakanthaka (a kind of partridge), pútikíta (a stinking insect), and gomárika (?) combined with the juice of bhallátaka (Semecarpus Anacardium), and valgaka (?);--the smoke caused by burning the above powders causes instantaneous death.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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