Kamasutra 7.1.47

Text edited by Jean Fezas (with notes) 7.1.47

Language: Sanskrit

7.1.47

śatāvaryāḥ śvadaṃṣṭrāyāḥ śrīparṇī-phalānāṃ ca kṣuṇṇānāṃ catur-guṇita-jalena pāka ā prakṛty-avasthānāt tasya puṣyārambheṇa prātaḥ prāśanaṃ medhyaṃ vṛṣyam āyuṣyaṃ yukta-rasam ity ācāryāḥ pracakṣate.

(j) Boiling the asparagus racemosus, and the shvadaushtra plant, along with the pounded fruits of the premna spinosa in water, and drinking the same, is said to act in the same way.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

(k) Drinking boiled ghee, or clarified butter, in the morning during the spring season, is said to be beneficial to health and strength, and agreeable to the taste.
Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Translations (1)

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana — Richard Francis Burton & Foster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot 1883, English

Commentaries (1)

Jayamaṅgalā — Yaśodhara Indrapada, Sanskrit

Other recensions (1)

Nirṇayasāgara edition (1900) — Sanskrit