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Dr. Hoernle —An instalment of the Bower Manuscript. [No. 3, 
paundarika (root-stock o£ the lotus) and Kiratatikta (‘ Chireta ’ or Ophelia 
chirata ), Bhadrasri (sandal), Nimba ( Azadirachta indica ), Patola ( Tri - 
chosanthes dioica ), Vasa ( Justicia adhatoda) : (72) two or three of these 
may be boiled in milk of a goat or a woman, and then, with the addition 
of sugar and honey, will make a very good lotion in eye diseases caused 
by bile and defects of the blood. 
(Verses 73—75a.) The three acrids 62 , the three myrobalans 30 , 
Haridra (turmeric), Kasisa (sulphate of iron), Jati (jasmin), Grihadhu- 
ma 53 , Jati 511 ; also Laksha (lac), Danti (Baliospermum montanum), Surasa 
(Tulsi or Ocimum sanctum ) and Vaclia (Acorns calamus ) ; Patha ( Ste- 
phania hernandifolia) , Asvagandha ( Withania somnifera ), best Devadaru 
( Pinus deodara ) ; (74) also Katphala ( Myrica sapida ), Ela (cardamoms), 
Aguru (aloe), Kantakarl ( Solanum jacquinii ), Rodhra ( Symplocos race- 
mosa ), Karahja ( Pongamia glabra ), Vriliati ( Solanum indicum ), S'va- 
damstra 56 : two or three of these may be boiled in water, and when 
cooled down to moderate warmth, (75a) they may be used, mixed with 
rocksalt and honey, as a lotion in eye diseases caused by phlegm : so 
the sages declare. 
(Verses 756—77a.) Parushaka (Grewia asiatica) , Amrataka 56 (hog- 
plum), Tintidika (tamarind), Vrikshamla (hog-plum), Jambu (rose- 
apple), Amra (mango), Kapittha (wood-apple), Kola (jujube), (76) boiled 
with liquor of citron or tamarind or pomegranate or with various kinds 
of milk or with curdled milk or whey; also Darvi (Indian barberry), 
Utpala (blue lotus) and the other above mentioned drugs , boiled with sour 
substances, make a lotion for the eyes, (77a) which, cooled down to 
moderate warmth by standing, and mixed with some rocksalt, will 
thoroughly cure any disease of the eyes caused by defects of the blood. 
(Verse 776—78a.) Having ascertained the exact circumstances 57 
said to remove disorders of the bile. However, accoi’ding to Dutt’s Mat. Med., p. 
266, it is the roots of these grasses that ai-e used. 
Also called trydshana or trikatu; they are ginger, black pepper and long 
pepper. 
63 I cannot identify this plant; I do not find it explained anywhere. Could it 
be the Gharik'dn (Agaricus officinalis or igniarius) mentioned in Dr. Watt’s Econ. 
Prod, of India, pt. v, p. 17 ? 
I do not understand why jdti is mentioned twice. It is the name of several 
plants; but two different plants would hardly be indicated by the same name in the 
same formula. 
65 Accoi-ding to the Petersbui-g Dictionary : Astei'acantha longifolia; according 
to others : the same as Gokshura or Tribulus terresti’is (Ainslie, p. 94, Dutt’s transl., 
p. 157). 
66 The text is here mutilated ; Amrataka is the only word that occui’S to me as 
suiting the ti'aces left. 
57 Literally : the less and the more. 
