A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c14.7

v1.c14.7

A total of 133 formulations with madana as the chief ingredient are described: nine kinds in a kaṣāya (1.14), eight kinds of mātrā¹³ (1.16), five preparations with milk and ghee (1.17–18), one kind of snuff (ghreya) (1.19), one kind of phāṇita¹⁴ (1.20), one kind of cūrṇa (1.20), six kinds of varti¹⁵ (1.21), twenty kinds of leha¹⁶ (1.22), twenty kinds of utkārikā¹⁷ (1.23), twenty kinds of modaka¹⁸ (1.23), sixteen kinds of śaṣkulī¹⁹ (1.24–25), sixteen kinds of pūpa²⁰ (1.24–25), ten kinds of ṣāḍava²¹ and other types of preparation (1.26). The synonyms of madana are enumerated (1.27).