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186 The same as samkarasveda. 187 Cf. Bhela Sū.22.13cd–14 and 17cd. Kaviratna explains that in piṇḍasveda the materials are first converted into a jelly-like substance and then formed into balls; in prastarasveda the materials, which remain partially or totally dry, are put into a piece of cloth and made into a loose ball. 188 Kaviratna says that the bhūgṛha mentioned is a subterranean chamber; a jentāka is an artificially heated chamber; an uṣṇagarbhagṛha is a room into which no air is admitted. 189 The same as avagāhanasveda. 190 Cf. Su.Ci.32.12. 191 See Ca.Sū.14.63 (agnigunasamśraya). 192 Cf. Ca.Sū.14.25–27. See Kaviratna's remarks on the technique of samkarasveda. 193 Cf. Bhela Sū.22.15–16. 194 Cf. Bhela Sū.22.17–18. 195 Cf. Su.Ci.32.5–9; Bhela Sū.22.20–22ab. 196 Cf. Su.Ci.32.13; Bhela Sū.22.19. A small vessel called varṣaṇikā is mentioned. 197 Cf. Su.Ci.32.13. This method corresponds to Bhela's droṇisveda (Sū.22.22cd–24ab). 198 See Kaviratna's notes. Caraka mentions the measure called kiṣku, the same as hasta according to Cakra; compare A.S.U.1.46 and Indu's comment: a kiṣku is a hasta, not a vitasti. See on the kiṣku: J.N. Banerjea (1956): 320: a kiṣku measures twenty-four aṅgula; S. Srinivasan (1979): 17–18: a kiṣku measures thirty-two or forty-two aṅgula. Compare Arthaśāstra 2.20.14. See on hasta: S. Beal (1884): I, 70; A.M. Shastri (1969): 343; S. Srinivasan (1979): 13–14, on vitasti: A.M. Shastri (1969): 343; S. Srinivasan (1979): 13. See on the measure called aratni, also mentioned by Caraka: A.M. Shastri (1969): 343; S. Srinivasan (1979): 15. 199 Cf. Bhela Sū.22.33 (pāṣāṇasveda). A variant of kaurava (cotton cloth) (14.49), the reading accepted by Cakra, is raurava (skin of the ruru deer). Silk (kauṣeya) is mentioned at 14.48 and 49 (compare the kauṣeya of 14.53); these references are important for the date of these passages, because words for silk are first attested in texts of the Christian era (see Th.R. Trautmann, 1971: 177–178). See on silk in India: E. Balfour (1968): III, 628–631; M. Chandra (1973): 30; D.C. Jain (1980): 46–47; R.N. Saletore (1975): 268–272; U.P. Thapliyal (1979): 47–49; L. Varadarajan (1988); G. Watt VI, part III, 1–238; WIRM IX, 327–353. The Suśrutasaṃhitā mentions kauṣeya at Sū.18.16, Śā.3.23 and Ci.4.25 (see Dalhaṇa's comments); related products are called pattrorṇa and cīnapaṭṭa (Su.Sū.18.16; see Dalhaṇa's comments; see also U.P. Thapliyal, 1979: 48–49). Compare the references to kauṣeya in the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (see A.M. Shastri, 1996: I, 223). 200 Cf. Su.Ci.32.10–11; Bhela Sū.22.26cd–31ab. 201 Compare the karīṣasveda of Bhela (Sū.22.33). 202 Compare Ca.Sū.14.64 and Su.Ci.32.15. Cf. Bhela Sū.22.31cd–32ab. 203 Compare Ca.Sū.14.66 and Su.Ci.32.16. Cf. Bhela Sū.22.33. 204 Cf. Su.Ci.32.28cd–29. 205 See on infirmaries, hospitals and dispensaries in ancient India and India Maior: A.S. Altekar and V. Mishra (1959): 11, 41, 52, 53, 107; A.S. Ramanatha Ayyar (1937–38); A. Bergaine (1882); L.P. Briggs (1962): 233; G. Bühler (1883): 101; A. Chakravarti (1979); G. Coedès (1906), (1940), (1947): 201–206, (1968): 176; P. Cordier (1894): 103–104, (1901a); 86–87; P. Demiéville and J. Filliozat (1937); S. Dutt (1962):