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Mineral
Earth salt (audbhida)
रेह नमक (औद्भिद) · औद्भिद
Formulation
Earth kalpa
मिट्टी का कल्प · मृत्तिका कल्प
The earth that birds eat every day is collected and mixed with milk, ghee and sugarcane juice, and a man wearing faultless (clean) dress eats it. The text says he gains strength that can…
Topic
Earth kalpa
मृत्तिका (मिट्टी) कल्प · मृत्तिकाकल्प
Earth that birds eat every day is collected, mixed with ghee, milk and sugarcane juice and eaten by a man wearing clean dress; the text says he gains strength that no one can destroy,…
Principle
Non-violent diet and avoidance of meat in medicine
अहिंसक आहार (मांस निषेध) · मांसनिषेध
The introduction says that the treatment portion of the Kalyāṇakāraka resembles Caraka to a large extent, apart from the parts dealing with honey, wine and meat.
Remedy
Use of the sour group with trikatu and salts (unnamed)
अम्लवर्ग, त्रिकटु और लवणों का प्रयोग
Orange or lemon, cane shoots, chickpea alkali, citron, jambira lemon, tamarind and the rest of the sour group, together with the three pungents and the five salts (rock, black, sea, vida…
Food
Water (jala)
जल (पानी) · जल
The seasonal rules name the drinking water for each season: in spring well or village water, or water heated, clean and cooled; in summer well water; in the rains hot water; in autumn water…
Topic
Bala oil
बला तैल · बलातैल
Fourteen adhaka of sesame oil is cooked with bala-root decoction six times its quantity, milk and decoctions of kola, bilva, both nightshades, tuntuka, agnimantha, barley and horse gram,…
Topic
Leaf salt (Patra lavana)
पत्र लवण · पत्रलवण
Equal parts of the leaves of karanja, both nightshades, putikaranja, chitraka, ikshuraka (gokhuru in the commentary), mushkaka, punarnava and castor are powdered, mixed with an equal amount…
Formulation
Patra lavana (leaf salt)
पत्र लवण · पत्रलवण
Equal parts of the leaves of karanja, both nightshades, putikaranja, chitraka, ikshuraka, mushkaka, punarnava and castor are powdered, mixed with an equal weight of sea salt, sealed in an…
Topic
Strengthening mercury
रस बृंहण विधि · रसबृंहण विधि
To strengthen (brimhana) the mercury it is always made fire-resistant by tapana, vasana and kasana: rock salt, orpiment, Multani earth and grain husk are ground thick with juices, raisins…
Procedure
Strengthening mercury by making it fire-resistant
रस बृंहण विधि · रसबृंहण
To strengthen (brimhana) mercury the text says it should always be made fire-resistant (agnisaha) by tapana, vasana and kasana, in the order of the Jina doctrine, by which it becomes very…
Topic
The section on water; earth-dominated land and its water
जलवर्ग; पृथ्वीगुण प्रधान भूमि और उसका जल · अथ जलवर्गः / पृथ्वीगुण बाहुल्य भूमि का लक्षण व वहाँ का जलस्वरूप
The section on water begins. Land dominated by the earth quality is very hard and heavy, black or dark, full of stones, big grasses and trees and coarse crops; its water is sour and salty,…