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5 [8 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XXVII.
(which is not usually given to mortal eyes to descry).
The mind, shorn of the qualities of Rajas (action) and
Tamas (nescience), becomes possessed of Sattva (illumi-
nating principles or true knowledge). Things are per-
manently and indelibly impressed upon his (user's)
memory at a single hearing and the faculty of inven-
tion wonderfully expands. Old age and decay perma-
nently vanish and youth returns to stay in him for
good, bringing with it an elephantine strength and a
horse-like speed, and he is enabled to live for eight
hundred springs The medicated ( il known as Anu-
taila should be used in anointing (the body at this
stage of treatment) ; a decoction of Aja-karna for
Utsddana .washing) purposes, well-water saturated with
Us'ira for bathing purposes, sandal paste in anointing
(Anulepana) the body, and the regimen of diet and
conduct as described in connection with the Bhallataka
treatment (Vidhana^ should be observed. 6.
Kasmarya Kalpa ;—The use of huskless
Ka'smaryaja seeds for rejuvinating purposes, is similar
to the preceding one, except that it requires a separate
kind of diet and does not require the use to lie on the
ground. Under this treatment, the diet should consist
of (boiled) rice and well-boiled milk and the beneficial
effects that would result from its use, are identical with
those of the foregoing one. These remedies should
b3 employed in diseases originating through the
vitiated blood and Pitta of the system. 7.
Yala-KaSpa :~A Pala or half a Pala weight
of the (powdered) roots of the Vala should be well-stirred
in cow's milk and taken (every da)'\ and the patient or
the user should not be allowed to stir out of his roam as
prescribed before (during the entire course of taking the
medicineX He should be advised to take a meal con-