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163 Nilinyādyaghṛta is also prescribed against udara (Ca.Ci.13.145cd–146ab: nīlinīsarpis). Ghṛta and sarpis are not different from each other in medical texts; sarpis is liquid, ghṛta is solid sacrificial butter in Vedic ritual (see J. Gonda, 1965: 199–200). See on the uses of nīlinī: P.V. Sharma (1996): 216–217.