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Kautilya's Arthashastra 14.2.24

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 14.2.24

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Sanskrit

14.2.24

tena pradigdham aṅgaṃ kuśāmraphalatailasiktaṃ samudramaṇḍūkīphenakasarjarasacūrṇayuktaṃ vā jvalati //

When the body of a man is smeared over with the above serum as well as with the oil extracted from the fruits of kusa (ficus religiosa), and ámra (mango tree), and when the powder prepared from an ocean frog (samdura mandúki), phenaka (sea-foam), and sarjarasa (the juice of vatica robusta) is sprinkled over the body, it burns with fire (without being hurt).

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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