A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s4.27

v1.c9.s4.27

| SANAQ THE INDIAN | THE CHARAKA | THE SUSRUTA |
| The vapor emitted by poisoned food has the colour of the throat of the peacock . . . when the food is thrown into fire, it rises high in the air ; the fire makes a crackling sound as when salt deflagrates . . . . the smoke has the smell of a burnt corpse. Poisoned drinks : buttermilk and thin milk have a light blue to yellow line. | *The food is to be thrown into fire for testing . . . the flame becomes parti-coloured like the plume of a peacock. The tongue of the flame also becomes pointed; a crackling sound is emitted and the smell of a putrid corpse is perceived. . . . Water, milk and other drinking liquids, when mixed with poison, have blue lines printed upon.*—"Chikitsá," Ch. xxiii, 29-30. | When poisoned food is thrown into fire, it makes crackling sound and the flame issuing therefrom is tinted like the throat of the peacock.—"Kalpa," Ch. i, 27. |