Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

CHAPTER VII.
Now we shall discourse on the Chapter which treats of
the sounds of a (medicated) drum, etc., possessed of anti-
venomous virtues (Dundhubhi-Svaniya). i.
Ksharagada:— The woods of Dhava, As'va-
karna, Titiis'ay Palds'a^ Pichu-marda, Pdtali, Pdrihhad-
raka, Amra^ Udumbara, Karahdtaka, Arjuna, Kakiibha,
Satya, Kapitana, S'leshmdtaka, Amkotha, Amalaka,
Pragraha^ Kutaj'a, S'ami, Kapittha, As'vmantaka, Arka,
Chira-vilva, Mahd-vriksha^ Amshkara, Aralu, Madhuka^
Madhu-s'tgru, S'dka, Goji, Murvd, Tilvaka, Ikshuraka,
Gopa-ghantd and Arimedd* should be taken (in equal
parts) and burnt down to ashes. The said ashes
should be dissolved in the urine of a cow and filtered
(through a piece of linen) in the manner of preparing
an alkali. This alkaline solution should then be duly-
boiled (till it would assume a transparent blood-red
hue and slimy character), and the powders of Pippali-
mula, Tanduliyaka, Vardnga, Chochaka, Manjishthd^
Karaftja, Hasti-Pippali, Markka, Utpala, Sdrivd,
Vtdanga, Grihadhuma (soot of a room), Anantd, Soma,
Sarald, Vdhlika, Guhd, Kos'dmra, white mustard seeds,
Varuna, Lavana, Plaksha, Nichtila, Vardhamdjia, Van-
jula, Putra-s'reni, Sapta-parna, Dandaka, Ela-vdluka,
Ndga-danti, Ativishd, Ahhayd, Bhadra-ddru Kushtha,
* The plants of these should be taken in full i.e. with their leaves,,
roots, branches, etc^ The prepared ash should be dissolved in cow's urine
weighing six times the combined weight of the ashes. Dallana says that
Gayadisa does not read "S'lrisha, Pichumarda, Kakubha, Arushkara and
Madhu-S'igru" in the list.
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