1891.] Dr. Hcernle— A n instalmnet of the Bower Manuscript. 177 
(Yerse 16.) It kills also ttie windy humour when it has got into 
the hones, and rectifies also the phlegmatic humour when it ( i . e., its 
defect ) is not of any long standing; it also greatly stimulates the 
digestive power, and may be considered an excellent means for restoring 
vital power 1 * and colour. 
(Yerse 17.) Now by those who want to enjoy in comfort many 
sorts of liquor, flesh, clarified butter, barley and wheat, the following 
festival of the garlic is to be observed in the winter season as well as 
in the months of Madhu and Madhava. 16 
(Yerse 18.) When trimmed girdles, fit for the conquest of men, 
are given up by the women, and necklaces are not worn by (lit., do not 
approach) them on account of the cold that distresses their bosoms, and 
when the husbands do not enjoy themselves on the roofs of the houses 
of their wives in the full light of the rays of the moon, at that time it 
should be observed, also when Aguru (fragrant aloe) is highly priced 
and things coloured with Kumkuma (saffron). 
(Yerse 19.) Then on the house-tops, gate-ways and upper win¬ 
dows garlands of garlic richly set with its bulbs should be displayed, 
and on the ground itself one should have worship performed. One 
should also cause the people of one’s household to wear chaplets made 
of the same ( garlic ). This is the procedure {for observing the festival) 
appointed for the people; it is short, as needed for the lower classes. 16 
(Yerse 20—27.) Now the first formula : with a cleaned body and 
removed from light, after having worshipped the gods, brahmans and 
fire, the patient should drink, on a day marked by an auspicious planet 
or constellation, of the fresh juice of garlic, strained through a piece of 
cloth: (21.) either one kudava 17 or half a kudava or one and a half 
kudava or even more ; 
On bala or ‘vital power’ see Susruta I, 15. It is the resultant of the seven 
dhatus or ‘ constituent elements of the body’, and is also called tSjas or ojas. See 
verses 43-45. 
16 That is in spring, of which Madhu or Chaitra (i. e., March—April) and Madhava 
or Vaisakha (April—May) are the two first months. 
16 I am not satisfied as to the correctness of the translation of the last sentence, 
the original text of which is very obscure. 
17 On this and other measures see Colebrooke’s Essays, vol. II, p. 533ff. A kudava 
is said to be a cubic measure of either 3^ or 4 fingers ( angula), holding 2 double hand¬ 
fuls ( prasriti , a quantity held in both hands by a man of common size). 4 kudavas 
make one prastha, 4 prastlias make one ddhaka, and 4 ddhakas make one drona or 
kalasa ; accordingly 64 kudavas = 1 Q prastlias = 1 kalasa. A kudava holds 4 palas> 
a pala being a ‘ handful ’ (mushti) or half a prasriti, or 2 palas = 1 prasriti. As 
measures of weight 2 told make 1 karsha, 4 karsha = l pala, 8 pala = 1 sdr, 2 sdr «= 
1 prastha, 4 prastha = 1 ddhaka, 4 ddhaka = 1 drona. See Dr. Dutt’s Hindu Mat. 
Med., p. 8. 
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