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A footnote quotes a verse saying that sugarcane juice cooked until slightly thick yet still quite liquid is known among sugarcane products as phanita; the Hindi gloss says the juice is…

The decoction described above (of ginger, kutaja, chitraka and punarnava) is boiled down into a phanitaka, a paste of chitraka, trikatu, cumin, ajwain, pippalimula and chavya is added, and…

A decoction of jambu, mango, neem, musta, aragvadha and dhataki flowers is reduced to one eighth, strained and cooked until it coats the ladle; the thick preparation is licked.

The decoction described above is boiled down into a phanitaka, a paste of chitraka, trikatu, cumin, ajwain, pippalimula and chavya is added, and the piles patient eats it daily.

A decoction of six drugs headed by jambu is reduced to one eighth, strained and thickened until it coats the ladle; licked, it is said to overcome diarrhoea quickly.

A decoction of jambu, mango, neem, musta, aragvadha (amaltas, per the commentary) and dhataki flowers is boiled down to one eighth, strained and cooked again until it coats the ladle;…

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…

Phaṇī is listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders; a footnote glosses it as the maruvaka (maruā) plant or a small tulasī.

हिन्दी: दूध, सरल का गोंद · मराठी: पाणी, दूध, बकाण निंब, सद्यः व्यालेले गायीचें दूध, खीर, धूप विशेष

हिन्दी: सुगंधवाला, नेत्रवाला, जल · मराठी: पाणी, वाळा, परेळाचा भेद, जलवेत, गाईचा गर्भाशय, मंदपणा

हिन्दी: मरुवक वृक्ष · मराठी: श्वेत मरुआ, कांगळा

Talmakhana, sugarcane, musli, tilaja, apamarga, nirgundi, rambha, arka, lotus, castor, chitraka, sesame and other famous drugs are burnt to ash. The ash is stirred into four times its water…

Purified chitraka root is boiled by the decoction method; into the decoction pure best sugar and burnt shankhanabhi are put at once, it is quickly strained and phanita is added. When it has…

Talmakhana, sugarcane, musli, tilaja, apamarga, nirgundi, rambha (the commentary prints vela), arka, lotus, castor, chitraka, sesame and other famous drugs are burnt to ash; the ash is…

Svarna makshika rubbed with phanita and applied as a collyrium is said to cure arjuna and avrana shukla.

Purified chitraka root is boiled into a decoction; burnt shankhanabhi and pure best sugar are quickly put in, it is strained, phanita is added, and when cool the paste of all the fragrant…

The alkaline water is cooked down to a quarter, a quarter part of jaggery is added and it is cooked to the consistency of phanita, a quarter part of trikatu, trijata and nagaramotha powder…

A collyrium of conch ash or samudraphena mixed with ghee is said to overcome arjuna; svarna makshika rubbed with phanita and applied as a collyrium cures arjuna and avrana shukla.

Triphala, chitraka and the other drugs named in verse 40 are cooked by the stated decoction-cooking method; the commentary adds that phanita or sugar and aromatics are mixed in and that it…

In the same way, triphala, chitraka and the other drugs named in verse 40 are cooked by the stated decoction-cooking method (the commentary: with phanita or sugar and aromatics, prepared…