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Chap. X.] SARIRA STHANAM. 23
Infantile Elixirs :—Clarified butter cooked
with (the decoction and Kalka of) white mustard seeds,
Vachd, Mdnsi, Payasyd, Apdnidrga^ S'atdvari, Sdrivd,
Brdhni, Pippali^ Haridrd^ Ktishtha and Samdhava salt
should be given to an infant fed exclusively on milk.
Clarified butter prepared with (the docoction and Kalka
of) Madhuka (Yashtimadhu), Vacha, Chitraka, Pippali
and Triphald should be given to an infant fed both on
milk and (^boiled) rice (solid and liquid food). Clarified
butter boiled with (the decoction and Kalka of) Das'amula,
milk, Tagara^ Bhadraddru, MaricJia, honey, Vidanga,
Drdkshd and the two sorts of Brdhmis should be given
to an infant fed on (boiled) rice (solid food) By these the
health, strength, intellect and longivity of the child
is improved. Z^-Z7'
A child should be so handled or lifted as not to
cause any discomfort. A baby should not be scolded,
nor suddenly roused up (from sleep), lest it might get
awfully frightened. It should not be suddenly drawn
up nor suddenly laid down, lest this should result in the
derangement of its bodily V^yu. An attempt to seat
it (before it has learnt to sit steadily), may lead to
haunch-back (Kyphosis). Lovingly should a child
be fondled and amused with toys and play-things.
A child unruffled by any of the above ways becomes
healthy, cheerful and intelligent as it grows older. An
infant should be guarded against any exposure to the
rains, the sun, or the glare of lightning. He should not
be placed uuder a tree or a creeper, in low lands,
and in lonely houses or in their shades (cavesl ; and it
should be protected from the malignant influences of
evil stars and occult powers. 38.
Metrical Texts : —A child should not be left
(alone) in an unclean and unholy place, nor under the sky