The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c6.90

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¹ *...Yajñasya vai’siro’cchidyata, atha tarhy aśvinā asomapau bhiṣajau devānām āstām, tau devā abruvan, bhiṣajau vai stha, idam yajñasya śirah paridhattam iti tā abruvatām, vāryam vṛṇāvahai, somapitho nau deveṣu astu, Graho nau gṛhyatām iti, tau devā bahiṣpavamānena pāvayitvā tābhyām śucibhyām medhyābhyām bhūtābhyām graham agṛhṇams, tasmāt, stute bahiṣpavamane āśvino gṛhyate. (ed., Schroeder., Leipzig., 1909. Vol. II, p. 143). The Kapiṣṭhalakaṭha-saṃhitā gives, with small variations about the same text (XLII, 4, ed., Raghuvira, Lahore, 1932, p. 251).*