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Kautilya's Arthashastra 14.2.3

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 14.2.3

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Sanskrit

14.2.3

māṣayavakulatthadarbhamūlacūrṇaṃ vā kṣīraghṛtābhyām, vallīkṣīraghṛtaṃ vā samasiddham, sālapṛśniparṇīmūlakalkaṃ payasā pītvā, payo vā tatsiddhaṃ madhughṛtābhyām aśitvā māsam upavasati //

The powder of másha (phraseolus radiatus), yava (barley), kuluttha (horse-gram) and the root of darbha (sacrificial grass) mixed with milk and clarified butter; the milk of valli (a kind of creeper) and clarified butter derived from it and mixed in equal proportions and combined with the paste prepared from the root of sála (shorea robusta) and prisniparni (hedysarum lagopodioides), when drunk with milk; or a dose of milk mixed with clarified butter and spirituous liquor, both prepared from the above substances, enables one to fast for a month.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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