Kautilya's Arthashastra 14.4.2
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 14.4.2
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14.4.2
śleṣmātakakapitthadantidantaśaṭhagojiśirīṣapāṭalī.balāsyonāgapunarnavāśvetavāraṇakvāthayuktam(?) candanasālāvṛkīlohitayuktaṃ nejanodakaṃ rājopabhogyānāṃ guhyaprakṣālanaṃ strīṇām, senāyāś ca viṣapratīkāraḥ //
When the things that are meant for the king's use, inclusive of the limbs of women, as well as the things of the army are washed in the tepid water prepared from the decoction of sleshmátaki (sebesten or cordia myk), kapi (emblica officinalis), madanti (?), danta (ivory), satha (Citron tree), gojigi (gojihva?--elephantophus scaber), visha (aconitum ferox), pátali (bignonia suave olens), bala (lida cardifolia et rombifolia), syonáka (bignonia indica), punarnava (?), sveta (andropogon aciculatum), and tagara (tabernæmontana coronaria), mixed with chandana (sandal) and the blood of salávriki (jackal), it removes the bad effects of poison.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit