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Sahasra-vipaka oil (oil cooked a thousand times)

सहस्र विपाक तैल · सहस्रविपाक तैल

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Sesame oil cooked with decoctions and pastes of all vata-reducing trees, passed through burnt earth and recovered, then cooked a thousand times with sour liquids, curd, milk and vata-reducing decoctions and pastes, perfumed with all fragrant substances and kept in silver or gold pots after worship. The text says only the very wealthy can make it, and that using it removes all vata disorders.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
सहस्रविपाक तैल
Hindi
सहस्र विपाक तैल
English
Sahasra-vipaka oil (oil cooked a thousand times)

Ingredients and preparation

Ingredients

IngredientAs written in the textQuantity as written
Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)वरतैल / तिल के तैलएक आढक · one adhaka
Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि)दधिNot stated
Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)दुग्धNot stated
Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन)सर्वगंध / चन्दनNot stated
Musk (kasturi)कस्तूरीकस्तूरीNot stated
Karpura (camphor)कपूर (कर्पूर)कपूरNot stated

Preparation as described

Dried vata-reducing trees are burnt on a patch of ground; one adhaka of sesame oil cooked with the decoction and paste of their bark and roots is poured on the burnt ground and left overnight; next day the oil-soaked earth is boiled to recover the oil, which is then cooked a thousand times with a thousandfold quantity of sour liquid, curd, milk and vata-reducing decoction and paste, after which fragrant substances such as sandalwood, musk and camphor are added.

तेलको उस जलाइर् हुइर् भूमि पर डालें। एक रात्रि वैसा ही छोडकर दूसरे दिन उस तेल से भावित मिट्टी

How it is used

Kept in silver or gold pots; the text says using it removes all vata disorders without stating the mode of use.

धनाढच्य ही समर्थ हैं। इस तैल को उपयेाग करने से मनुष्य सर्वप्रकार के वात विकारों को दूर करता है।

Indicated for, as the text says

Effect on the doshas, as stated

Vata: pacifies

Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.

तैलमेतदुपयुजय मनुष्यो। नाशयेदखिलवातविकारान्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 197 · v. 19-22.

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Extraction notes

  • Verses 19-20 are on PDF 269; verses 21-22 and the commentary are on PDF 270.

Quick facts

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Formulation
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Chapters
Chapter 12
Extraction tasks
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