Before eating, one or two morsels are put aside outside as an offering; if flies settling on them or crows eating them die quickly, or if the food thrown into fire crackles and gives off unbearable peacock-blue smoke with a broken flame, the food is judged to be poisoned.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- विषयुक्त भोजन की परीक्षा
- English
- Testing food for poison with an offering and with fire
Ingredients and preparation
Preparation as described
One or two morsels of the prepared food are set aside as an offering, and some of the food is put into the fire.
भोजन द्रव्य प्रस्तुत होने पर उससे एक दो ग्रास बलि के रूप2 में बाहर निकाल कर रख देना चाहिए।
How it is used
A test performed on the food; nothing is given to anyone.
उस अौा को अग्नि में डालने पर यदि “नटनट” “चटचट” शब्द करे
Indicated for, as the text says
- Poisoning (visha)(विषसंयुक्र)
बलिकृतभोजनेन सह मि़ाकसंहतिभि-र्मरणमिह प्रयांति बहुवायसपद्दतय:॥ हुतभुजि तमदृशं नटनटायति दत्तमरं। शिखिगलनीलवर्णमतिदुस्सहधूमयुतं॥ 8॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 19 · p. 408 · v. 8.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
Questions and answers
How is food tested for poison with an offering and with fire?
Flies and crows that eat a morsel set aside soon die, and in fire poisoned food crackles and gives off unbearable peacock-blue smoke.
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