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Chapter thirty-six describes the following measures against afflictions caused by Naigamesa: sprinkling (36.3), inunction (36.4), medicated ghees (36.5), the wearing of particular drugs (as charms) (36.6ab), the same utsādana (massage with a medicated oil) as for disorders caused by Skandāpasmāra (36.6cd), fumigation (36.7), a fumigation to be employed against afflictions caused by the nine grahas (36.8), offerings and a ritual bath (36.9–10), and the recitation of a mantra (36.11).