A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.379

v1.c23.379

Its subjects are: the preparation, instructions for use, and effects of a rasāyana with the seeds of the white avalguja (= bākucī); the roots of citraka or those of haridrā may also be used, with an adjustment of the maximum dose (28.3); the preparation, etc., of a rasāyana with maṇḍūkaparṇī (28.4),248 brāhmī (28.5–6),249 and vacā (28.7);250 the effects of a ghee, processed one hundred times with vacā (vacāśatapākasarpis) (28.8); a series of rasāyana recipes; their preparation should be accompanied by the recitation of mantras (28.9–26); elements of behaviour which improve one’s mental faculties (28.27) and confer longevity (28.28).251