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476 Made from jambū fruits and other ingredients (see the commentaries). 477 Cf. Ca.Sū.25.49 and 27.187ab. See the commentaries on its preparation. 478 See the commentaries on its preparation. See Om Prakash (1961: 119) for some references. Cf. Ca.Sū.27.187c. 479 Cf. Ca.Sū.25.49 and 27.187cd. See on maireya: G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 491–492; Om Prakash (1961). See also J. Jolly's translation of the Viṣṇusmṛti, 96. 480 Cf. Ca.Sū.25.49 and 27.188cd. 481 Cf. Ca.Sū.25.49. Mentioned in the Viṣṇusmṛti (22.83); Rāma's commentary ad Rāmāyaṇa, Sundarakāṇḍa 11.23. See also P. Aalto (1959): 22. 482 A fermented medicinal preparation in which drugs have been steeped; exceptions to this rule are, however, not rare. See on āsava: G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 445–446; Prem Vrat Sharma and A.V. Sharma (1992): 403–404; Yādavaśarman (1947): 47–52. 483 Cf. Ca.Sū.25.49. Many āsavas are mentioned as anupānas at Su.Sū.46.433. 484 An ariṣṭa is a fermented medicinal preparation in which, usually, decoctions of drugs are used. See: G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 441–442; Prem Vrat Sharma and A.V. Sharma (1992): 403–404; Yādavaśarman (1947): 47–52. 485 Cf. Ca.Ci.24.29–36. 486 Cf. Ca.Ci.24.21–23. 487 Cf. Ca.Ci.24.76–78. 488 Śukta is an acid fluid, resembling vinegar. See on śukta: G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 510–511; S.K. Śarmā (1992): 540–541; Yādavaśarman (1947): 53. Cf. Ca.Sū.27.284. 489 A fermented sour gruel. Cf. Su.Sū.44.45cd–45ab. See: G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 467–468; S.K. Śarmā (1992): 541–542; Yādavaśarman (1947): 54. 490 A fermented sour gruel. Cf. Su.Sū.44.35–40ab. See G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 516–517; S.K. Śarmā (1992): 541–542; Yādavaśarman (1947): 54. 491 A fermented sour gruel; the same as kāñjika. See G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 454; S.K. Śarmā (1992): 542–543; Yādavaśarman (1947): 55. 492 Cf. Ca.Sū.1.92cd–105ab. 493 Much has been written on the history of rice and its cultivation in India; see: B. and R. Allchin (1968): 209, 259, 264, 265, 266, 330; F.R. Allchin (1971); M.S. Randhawa (1980): 269–273, 317–318, 485–487; Vishnu-Mittre (1974); G. Watt V, 512–519; WIRM VII, 115–116. 494 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.8–12. 495 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.13–14. 496 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.15. 497 Sthala is the same as jāṅgala (Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa). 498 Kaidāra is the same as ānūpa (Cakra and Ḍalhaṇa). 499 Rice, the kudhānyas, yava (barley), veṇuyava, godhūma (wheat) and some grains related to wheat, taken together, constitute the śukadhānya group of the Carakasaṃhitā. 500 Some of Suśruta's kudhānyas are mentioned together with the varieties of śaṣṭika in the Carakasaṃhitā (Sū.27.14). 501 The pulses and sesamum form the śamīdhānya group of the Carakasaṃhitā. See on the pulse called māṣa: K.L. Mehra (1970), on masūra (the lentil): K.L. Mehra (1972) and U.P. Thapliyal (1979): 95–96, on mudga: K.L. Mehra (1975). 502 See on sesamum: E. Balfour (1968): III, 583; B. Laufer (1967): 288–293; K.L. Mehra (1967); J.J. Meyer (1937; see index); M.S. Randhawa (1980): 166, 168; G. Watt VI, Part II, 502–542; WIRM IX, 278–293.