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are very halting* and defy every attempt at regular construc¬ 
tion. Thus in verse 36 (fl. 3a 5 ) one would expect the accusa¬ 
tive of kudava in dependence on yumjydt; one would also rather 
expect kasasvdsa-vighnam vidam. Quite literally translated, 
the construction seems to be this : “ Having crushed one 
cleaned prastha of garlic, one should join it with one half-pala 
of powdered triphala ; and of both clarified butter and oil one 
kudava : this, when allowed to stand for ten days, they favour 
as a remedial ‘ vida ’ against cough and asthma. 5 ’ An other 
striking example is the prescription in verses 67-69; there 
is a wonderful mixture of accusatives and nominatives in verses 
67 and 68 ; and the exact connection of dvabliyam tribhir is 
doubtful. Verses, 75, 76, 91, 101 and others are equally diffi¬ 
cult to construe. 
Peculiar words or meanings of words : the following I have not found 
noted in any Sanskrit dictionary available to me : 
agra-manas ‘ attentive ’ or ‘ intelligent ’, fl. 3a 9 . 
agaja ‘ a kind of liquor ’, fl. 2b*. 
abda ‘ mica ’ (syn. abhra ), fl. 16 4 . 
v / abhi-vi-ji , ‘ overcome ’, fl 3a l , in abhivijitya. 
abhtlu, some kind of eye-disease, fl. 4& 6 , 5a 3 , 5a 5 . 
utkshita , ‘besmeared’, fl. 15 6 . 
udaka, ‘ water-animal fl. 5b 6 . 
undtra, ‘ excellent ’, fl. 3a 4 , (perhaps a false reading). 
upaldbha , ‘ resemblance ’, fl. 15 4 . 
ushita , ‘ allowed to stand ’, fl. 26 11 ; see vyushta. 
krisa-bhas, ‘ appearing lean ’, fl. 3a 9 , (if correctly read). 
khalita , ‘ bald ’, in a-khalita, fl. 55 8 . 
jivitu, ‘ life ’, fl. 36 6 , (perhaps a false reading). 
nikvatha , ‘ boiling ’, fl. 3a 2 . 
nilika, some kind of eye-disease, fl. 5a s . 
pilpa, ‘ suppuration ’ (?), fl. 5a 4 ; in sa-pilpam. 
pra-sush, ‘ desiccate ’, fl. 46 11 , in prasdshya. 
yashtihva, ‘ liquorice ’, fl. 5a 8 . 
varttyd (fern.), ‘ bougie ’, fl. 35 8 (syn. vartti). 
vida , ‘ paste ’ (?), fl. 3a 6 , (cf. vid&laka). 
^/ vedh, ‘ pierce ’, fl 56 4 , (cf. causal of vyadli). 
vyushta , ‘ allowed to stand ’, fl. 2b 7 , 3a 6 , see ushita. 
vyatimisra , ‘ mixed fl. 3a 7 . 
shadi, a species of plant, fl. 5 b 7 , 5 b s , (cf. sati ). 
sahiya , ‘fortified with’, ‘joined with ’, fl. 5a 11 , 5b l (cf. sahiyas ). 
samsudana, * destroyer ’, fl. 3a l °. 
