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Mineral
Orpiment (haratala)
हरताल (हरिताल) · हरिताल
Orpiment (haratāla) is listed among the mineral poisons that come from mines.
Remedy
Paste of arka latex with orpiment and turmeric
आक के दूध में हरताल और हल्दी का लेप · अर्कदुग्धहरितालहरिद्रा लेप
Orpiment and turmeric powder mixed in arka latex are applied as a paste; the text says piles subside.
Formulation
Kushtha, orpiment, realgar and kanji oil for the Anuputana graha
कूठ-राल-हरताल-मैनसिल-कांजी सिद्ध तैल
Sesame oil prepared with kushtha, sal resin, orpiment, realgar and kanji is massaged on the body of a child seized by the Anuputana graha.
Formulation
Kushtha, sal resin, orpiment and vacha oil for the Putana graha
कूठ-राल-हरताल-वचा सिद्ध तैल
Sesame oil cooked with kushtha, sal resin, orpiment, vacha and similar drugs is applied to a child seized by the Putana graha.
Condition
Poisoning (visha)
विष (ज़हर) · विषरोग
The opening of chapter 19 treats poisoning as a danger to kings: who poisons, how a poisoner and poisoned food are recognised, and the signs of poison in food, drinks and personal articles.
Topic
Pastes that destroy piles
अर्शघ्न लेप
Pastes for piles: arka latex with orpiment and turmeric powder; snuhi latex with chitraka, gunja, rock salt and turmeric; pippali, rock salt, chitraka and gunja (with kushtha in the verse)…
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
Bhallataka-seed paste
भल्लातकास्थ्यादि लेप
A colour-restoring paste: bhallataka seed, chitraka, bilva pulp, bhringaraja, arka latex, orpiment and realgar, or the hides of leopard, tiger, elephant or deer, burnt, powdered and mixed…
Topic
Ghee and oil against graha disease
ग्रहरोगनाशक घृत-तैल · ग्रहामयघ्न घृत-तैल
Garlic, tagara, asafoetida, vacha, samudraphena, white durva, guduchi, bitter gourd, bimbi, neem, kalihari, trikatu, rock salt, all fragrant drugs, cardamom, white girikarni, bhutakeshi,…
Formulation
Ghee that brings lustre to the face
मुख कांतिकारक घृत · मुखकान्तिकारक घृत
Saffron, sandalwood, red sandalwood, lodhra, kushtha, lac, realgar, orpiment, turmeric and tree turmeric, lotus stamens, manjishtha, golden ochre and the kakoli group are ground well and…
Topic
Ghee that brings lustre to the face
मुख कांतिकारक घृत · मुखकान्तिकारक घृत
Saffron, sandalwood, red sandalwood, lodhra, kushtha, lac, realgar, orpiment, the two turmerics, lotus stamens, manjishtha, golden ochre and the kakoli group are cooked into ghee with four…
Topic
Heartwood, exudate, bark, latex and mineral poisons
सार, निर्यास, छाल, दूध और धातु विष · सार-निर्यास-त्वक्-धातु विष वर्णन
The heartwood, exudate and bark of the cilla tree are poisonous (a variant reads billa). Arka, tilvaka (rendered lodh) and all kinds of snuhī are latex poisons. Orpiment, sulphur, realgar,…
Topic
Oil and ghee against the Anuputana graha
अनुपूतना ग्रह में तैल और घृत · अनुपूतनाघ्न तैल व घृत
The child's body is massaged with sesame oil prepared with kushtha, sal resin, orpiment, realgar and kanji, and he is given ghee cooked with long pepper, long pepper root and the sweet…
Topic
Oil and ghee against the Putana graha
पूतना ग्रह में तैल और घृत · पूतनाग्रहघ्न तैल व धूप
Sesame oil cooked with kushtha, sal resin, orpiment, vacha and similar drugs is applied, and ghee prepared with the eight sweet drugs (kakolyadi), licorice and bamboo manna is given to the…
Remedy
Oil cooked with karavira and other drugs, for application on piles
कनेर आदि से पका तेल · अश्वमारकादि तैल
An oil cooked with karavira, vidanga, danti root, chitraka root, orpiment, snuhi latex, arka latex and rock salt is applied on piles, which the text says it pacifies.
Formulation
Paste that brings lustre to the face
मुख कांतिकारक लेप · मुखकान्तिकारक लेप
Orpiment, realgar, banyan leaves, white mica and mercury are ground well with milk and applied to the face; the text says the face becomes like a lotus and draws every mind and eye.
Topic
Paste that brings lustre to the face
मुख कांतिकारक लेप · मुखकान्तिकारक लेप
Orpiment, realgar, banyan leaves, white mica and mercury ground well with milk and applied to the face are said to make it like a lotus and attractive to every mind and eye.
Topic
Plant glossary, ख entries 1–8 and ग entries 1–4 (खदिर to गवादनी)
वनौषधिशब्दादर्श, ख 1–8 और ग 1–4 (खदिर से गवादनी) · वनौषधिशब्दादर्श
The whole ख section, from खदिर (खैर, कत्था) to खंड (bida salt, sugar candy, a piece), with खरमंजरी (चिरचिरा), खर्जूर (खजूर, silver, orpiment), खर्परी (an eye medicine, the skull bone) and…
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Quoted formula (Basavarājīya, 6th prakaraṇa, p.111), headed as Pūjyapāda's: Trikaṭukādi nasya…
Quoted formula (Basavarājīya, 6th prakaraṇa, p.111), headed as Pūjyapāda's: Trikaṭukādi nasya for vāta and other disorders. Fifteen ingredients in equal parts, the three pungents, citraka,…
Formulation
Sanjivana antidote
संजीवन अगद
An antidote powder including realgar and orpiment, mixed with the group of urines and the salts and kept in a horn, said to revive even a dying person.
Topic
Sanjivana antidote
संजीवन अगद
Equal parts of manjishtha, licorice, both drumsticks, turmeric, lac, realgar, orpiment, ingudi, cardamom and renuka are powdered, mixed with the urines (the commentary: eight kinds) and the…
Formulation
Siddharthadi paste
सिद्धार्थादि लेप
A paste of mustards, rock salt, vacha, kushtha, realgar, orpiment and a sharp poison with black mushkaka ash and arka latex, applied in kushtha.
Topic
Siddharthadi paste
सिद्धार्थादि लेप
A powdered paste of white and ordinary mustard, rock salt, vacha, kushtha, realgar, orpiment and a sharp poison, mixed with black mushkaka ash and arka latex, is applied in kushtha. Verse…
Topic
Signs of one who has drunk poison
विष पिए हुए के लक्षण · विषपीतलक्षण
A person with abdominal distension who repeatedly passes stool like raw flesh and coloured like orpiment, drips froth from the mouth, and whose heart fire does not burn properly after…