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Chap. VII.] KALPA STHANAM. 739
Gavdkshi, is known as the Kalyainaka Ghrita. The
curative efficacy of this Ghrita extends to cases of
poisoning, Grahapasmdra (hysteria due to the influence
of malignant stars and planets), Jaundice, Gara dosha
(^slow chemical poisoning), asthma, sluggishness of
appetite, fever and cough. It is commended to con-
sumptive patients, as well as to men suffering from
scantiness of semen and women afflicted with
sterility. 4.
Amrita Ghrita:— An adequate quantity of
clarified butter duly cooked with the seeds of Apdmdrga
and of the two kinds of S'vetd, S irisha, and Kdkamdchi
(previously) pasted with the urine of a cow is known
as the Amrita-Ghrita. It embraces within the pale of
its therapeutic virtues all cases of poisoning and is
capable of bringing back an apparently dead man to
life. 5.
lYlaha-sugandhi Agada:—The follow-
ing drugs viz., (red) sandal wood, Aguru, Kushtha,
Tagara, Tila-parnika, Prapaundarika, Nalada, Sarala,
Deva-ddru^ Bhadra-s'ri (white sandal wood), Yava-
phald, Bhdrgi, Nili, Sugandhikd, Kdleyaka, Padmaka,
Madhuka, Ndgara, Jatd (a variety of Jatd-mdmsi),
Punndgay Eld, Elavdlu^ Gairika^ Dhydniaka, Bald,
Toya, Sarjarasa, Mdmsi, Sita-pushpd, Harenukd, Tdlis'a-
patra, small Eld, Priyangu, Kutantiata, S'dila pushpa,
S'aileya, Patra, Kdldnu-Sdrivd, Tri-katti, S'ita-s'iva,*
Kdsmarya, Katu-rohini, Sotnardji\Ati-visha , Prithvikd,
Indra-vdruni, Us'ira, Varuna, Musta, Nakha, Kustutn-
burn, the two kinds of S'vetd, -f* the two kinds of
* Dallana explains "S'ita-s'iva" to mean "camphor". Others explain
it to mean "S'ami."
+ The text has "S'vetd" in the dual number meaning the two kinds of
"S'vetd'&w; white Vacha and white Apardjita. Dallana gives only