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Sanskrit writers, but these oan not all be identified at present. 

 The products or preparations of the sugar-cane, as desciibed by 

 Sanskrit writers, are as follows : 



!• HH3T, Ikshu rasa or sugar-cane ju'ce. 



2. Hiifacj, Phdnita or sogar-oane juice boiled down to one- 

 fourth. It oan be drawn out in threads. - 



3» ^Tf, Ourja or sugar-cane juice boiled to a thiek consistence, 

 that is treacle. 



4. *T^f%^rr, Matsyandihd is sugar-cane juice boiled down to a 

 solid consistence but which still exudes a little fluid on drawing, 



5. jj^ Khanda is treacle partially dried or candied in white 

 sand like grains. 



6. si^iTT, Sarkara or white sugar. 



7. fsitfliHr, Sitopald or eugar oandy. 



8. ?fhft, Gaudi or fermented liquor obtained from treacle. 



9 ^tlj, Sidhu or fermented liquor obtained from sugar-cane 

 juice. 



The properties of these preparations are described separately, 

 but it is scarcely worth while to reproduco those details here. 

 The root of the sugar cane is considered demuloent and diuretic 

 Sagar and treacle are very largely used in Hindu Medicine. 

 Old treacle is preferred to new, for medicinal purposes. 



Trinapancha mula. 1 Under this name the roots of five sorts of 

 grasses are used in combination. 



They are as follows : 



1. T%, Ikshu. Saccharum officinarum, Linn. 



2. jft, Sara. Saccharum Sara, Linn. 



3. ^tjt, Kdsa. Saccharum spontaneum, Linn. 



4. ejfsr, Kusa. Poa cynosuroides, Linn. 



5. ^, Darva. Imperata cylindrica, Beauv. Some practitioners 



m * 1 1_ ^ X « ♦- fill /¥W14*/T ffl. 



substitute the 



Imperata 



cylindrica. A decoction of these roots is considered demulcent and 

 diuretic and is largely prescribed as an adjunct to metallic 

 medioines in gonorrhoea, strangury and suppression of -""« 

 The following nnnWion is also much used in these diseases 



urine 





HTVRiTH 



