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Chap. IX.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 359
Vajraka-Taila :—The roots of Sapta-pania,
Karanja, Arka, Mdlati, Karavira, Snuhi, S'irisha,
Chitraka and Asphotd as well as of Visha (aconite root),
Ldngala, VajrakJiya (mica), sulphate of iron, Haritdla,
Manah-s ild KaraHja-SQ.Q6.s, Trikatu, Triphald, the two
kinds of Haridrd, white mustard-seeds, Vidanga and
Prapunndda should be pasted together with the urine of
a cow. The paste thus prepared should be cooked in
an adequate quantity of oil.* This oil known as the
Vajraka-Taila, used as uguents, proves remedial to
Kushtha etc., sinus and malignant ulcers in general. 34.
IVIaha-Vajraka Taila :— The drugs and sub-
stances known as white mustard-seeds (Siddharthaka),
the two kinds of Karanja^ the two kinds of Haridrd^
Rasdnjana, Kutaja, Prapunndda, Sapta-parna.Mrigddani
Ldkshd, Sarja-rasa, Arka, Asphotd, Aragvadha, Snuhi,
S'irisha, Tuvara, Kutaja, ArusJikara, Vacha, Kushtha,
Vidanga, Manjishthd, Ldngali, Chitraka, Mdlati, Katu-
tumbi, Gandhdhvd, Mulaka, Saindhava^ Karavira, Griha-
dhuma^ Visha (aconite), Kampillaka, Sindura (mercuric
oxide), Tejohvd and sulphate of copper should be taken
in equal parts and made into a paste. This paste
(Kalka) should be cooked with either Karanja-o\\ or
mustard-oil-J-, both of which have great curative potency,
with double the quantity of cow's urine. It may also be
prepared with sesamum-oil, but in this case four times as
much of cow's urine should be taken. As an anointment
it is undoubtedly efficacious in a case of Kushtha of
whatsoever type as well as In cases of scrofula, fistula-in-
ano, sinus and malignant ulcers. This oil is known by the
* S'ivadasa, the commentator on chakradatla, asserts, on the authority
of Vagbhata, that the oil should be sesamum-oil and it should be boiled
with cow's urine.
t According to Gayadasa mustard-oil should be used.