A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.497

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Chapter thirty describes the following measures against afflictions caused by Śakunī: sprinkling with a decoction (30.3), inunction (30.4ab), a plaster (pradeha) (30.4cd–5ab), the powders (cūrṇa) and beneficial articles of diet used in the treatment of sores (vraṇa) (30.5cd), the same fumigations as those against Skanda (30.6ab), (the wearing of) particular drugs (as charms) (30.6cd–7ab), offerings (bali) and a ritual bath (30. 7cd–8), the administration of the same medicated ghee as that against Skanda (30.9ab), the worship (pūjā) of Śakunī by offering auspicious flowers (30.9cd), and the recitation of mantras (30.10–11).