History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s5.16
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c24.s5.16
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The text mentions fertilising devices for creepers also: Mādhavī, Karavīra, and Kuraṇṭa to be sprinkled with wine (vāruṇī) in the evening (verse 152); Pāṭalā to be irrigated profusely with cold water mixed with milk (verse 153)⁴³; Karpāsikā (cotton plant) to be washed with the flesh of fish (jhaṣa), Yūthī (jasmine) to be nourished with milk, sesamum, cowdung and water⁴⁴ and Sephālikā to be nourished with flesh, plenty of fish (jhaṣa) and flesh- broth (verse 154).