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Where is the bhallataka stone said to be found, and how does the footnote define adhaka and drona?

भल्लातक पाषाण कहाँ मिलता बताया गया है, और पादटिप्पणी में आढक और द्रोण की क्या परिभाषा है?

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Three kos east of the famous city of Kolipaka, near a village of the same name; four ser make one adhaka (a ser being sixty-four tola) and four adhakas make one drona.

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In verses 26-28 one adhaka each of the stone powder, cow ghee, bhallataka oil and jaggery is cooked with four adhakas of bhallataka root decoction into one drona of linctus, which is licked daily in a set measure with a diet of shali rice, ghee and milk.

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