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548 THE SUSHRUrA SAMIilTA. [CtiapXXXl.
etc., of the drugs to b^ used should be boiled with
water weighing four times their combiiiv^d weight,
and should be taken down with three-fuur hs of the
original water evaporated by boiling. This is the rule
of preparing drug-decoctions (Kashdya\ Six Prasrita
(one Prasrita being equal to sixteen Tol^s) weight of oil,
twenty-four Prasrita weights of the liquid (decoction
prepared before) and four Aksha measures (one Aksha
being equal two to Tolas) of pasted drugs ;'as Kalka) are
the proportions to be observed in cooking a medicated
oil. But this is not correct. Why ? Because it is
not in conformity with the injunctions of the Scriptures
(officinal standard). We shall now proceed to explain
the different measures of Pala, Kudava, etc. 9-10.
Measures of Drug's :—The weight of twelve
middle-sized Dhanya-mashas (corns of paddy) make
one Suvarnamishaka. Sixteen Suvarna-mashakas make
one Suvarna. The weight of nineteen middle-sized
Nishpdvas (pulse) make one Dharana. Three Dharanas
and a half make one Karsha. Four Karshas make one
Kudava. Four Kudavas make one Prastha.* Four
Prasthas make one Adhaka. Four Adhakas make one
Drona. Hundred Palas make one Tula. Twenty Tulds
make one Bhdra. This is ths measure in respect of
dried substances. The quantity should be doubled in
cases of fresh vegetables and fluids -|- i r.
* Thirty-two Palas make one Prastha in respect of water t but
in respect of non-oily substances a Prastha is equal to twenty Palas, where-
as in respect of fresh drugs it is equal to only sixteen Palas,
t Some drugs, viz :— Vds3, Kutaja, Kushmanda, Prasa'rani
Vali, Amrita and Nimba, etc., are invariably employed in their fresh
state and the practice is not to take them in double measures in spile of
their freshness. Two different kinds of measure have been adopted
in the Ayurvedic Pharmacopceia. One is called the KeClinga and the