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should never be any hesitation with regard to this remedy, either in 
word or deed or thought. (64.) It is a purgative composed by Agasti, 
fit for princes, and which can be used in all seasons. It prevents old 
age and death ; it cures all diseases ; (65.) it also acts as an aphrodisiac 
and alterative tonic, and increases memory and health. It should never 
be administered to any one who has no son nor disciple ; (66.) nor 
should it be given to an enemy of the king, nor to any other sinful 
liver. 
(Verses 67—69.) Both Panchamula (the five drugs) 41 , Madhuka 
(liquorice), Guduchi ( Tinospora cordifolia ), Rasna ( Vanda Foxburghii ), 
Asvagandlia ( Withania somnifera'), Devadaru {Finns deodar a), Patha 
( Stephania hernandifolia), Tvacha (cinnamon), the two Bala 42 , Tagara 
{Tabernaemontana coronaria), and seeds of Tila (sesamum); Murva 
{Sanseviera zeylanica ), Kulattha ( Dolichos unijlorus ), Nalada (Indian 
spikenard) and Ghana 43 ; (68.) Punarnava {Boerhaavia diffusa ), and the 
fruit and bark of Venn (bamboo) ; JivantP 4 , also Ela (cardamom), Aguru 
(aloe), and Jivaka 45 ; root of Eranda (castor-oil plant) together with its 
fruit and sprouts, flowers of Kuranda 46 , and Mahausliadha 47 : (69.) 
41 On these pawc/ia-m^a or “ five drugs’’ see Dr. Dutt’s Hindu Mat. Med., pp. 
145, 146. They are distinguished as the lesser ( hrasva ) and the greater ( vrihat ). The 
former comprise the S'dlaparnl (Desmodium Gangeticum), Brisniparni (Uraria lago- 
podioides), Kantakdri (Solanum Jaquinii), Vrihati (Solanum indicum), and Gokshura 
(Tribulus terrestris). The latter include the Vilva (Aegle marmelos), S'yonaka (Calo- 
santhes indica), Gambhdri (Gmelina arborea), Pdtald (Stereospermum suaveolens), 
and Ganikarikd (Premna spinosa). Both sets are together known as the dasa-mdla or 
‘ the ten drugs ’ or the dvi-pancha-mdli. 
42 This is the Sida, of which, however, Dr. Dutt in the Hindu Mat. Med., p. 120, 
mentions four kinds : cordifolia, rhomboidea, rhombifolia, and alba. The two Bald 
here referred to are probably the Bald or Sida cordifolia and the Atibald or Sida 
rhombifolia. See the 5th list in Susruta I, 39. 
43 The text has ghana, which may simply mean ‘ much ’, qualifying Naladam 
( spikenard ’ ; but it seems preferable to take it as the name of a separate drug ; it 
is said to be the same as Musta or Cyperus rotundas; see the Glossary to the Biblio¬ 
theca Indica edition of the Asvavaidyaka. 
44 Jivanti = Caelogyne ovalis, in Dutt’s Mat. Med., p. 301, but according to 
Watt’s Econ. Prod., pt. v, p. 85, it would seem to be the Cimicifuga foetida. It is 
mentioned in the 17th list of Susruta I, 38, where the commentary of Dallana 
Mishra says that it has a fruit with a milky juice, resembling the fruit of Latdrka> 
and that it is popularly known as Bodikd. 
45 The Jivaka is also called Kurcha-sirshaka, but its identity is no more known. 
It is one of the drugs which formed part of the group known to the ancients as the 
ashta-varga or ‘ group of eight drugs.’ See Susruta I, 38 (transl., p. 157). 
46 I. e ., Corchorus anticliorus, according to Watt’s Econ. Prod., pt. v, p. 97, but 
the dictionaries seem to identify it with Kuranta, which is Baideria prionitis ac¬ 
cording to Watt, ibid., p. 53. See also the 2nd list in Susruta I, 38 (transl., p. 138). 
47 This lit. means ‘great drug’, and is the name of various plants, such as 
