188 Dr. Hoernle— An instalment of the Bower Manuscript. [No. 3, 
honey and infused in human milk, make a lotion which is said to he a 
capital remedy for diseases due to defects of the bile, blood and wind. 61 
(Verse 846—85a.) Young roots and leaves of Aranda (castor-oil 
plant), and paste of Shashtika rice, steeped in clarified butter, and 
applied by the hand of a young child, 62 is a remedy against the same 
diseases as mentioned in the case of the preceding prescription. 
(Verse 86.) With the same drugs as are prescribed for the lotions, 
a physician should prepare sudorifics, putapakas 37 , sternutatories 63 , re¬ 
frigerants, potions of clarified butter, plasters and baths. 
(Verse 87.) Plasters on the face are declared to be suitable for 
complaints of the seasons, to remove abhilu 76 , freckles and blue-marks, 
and to be remedies against poisons and swellings. 
(Verses 88—91.) (I) Tvach (cinnamon), Kshirini 64 , also Chandana 
(sandal) and Padmaka 49 , Gundra ( Panicum uliginosum ), Mrinala (leaf-stalk 
of the lotus), also Ghana 43 andValaka 65 ; (II) roots of Kusa grass (Boa cy- 
nosuroides ), Tagara ( Tabernaemontana coronaria ), Elavalu 66 , leaves of Talisa 
(Finns Webbiana ), Nalada (Indian spikenard) and Tila (sesamum) seeds ; 
(89.) (III)Masura (Vida lens), Durva (Gynodon dactylon), Ama-yava (un¬ 
cooked barley), Mrinala (leaf-stalk of the lotus) and juice of Yashtima- 
dhuka (liquorice) and Utpala (lotus) ; (IV) S'aileya 67 , Musta ( Gyperus ro¬ 
tundas), Aguru (aloe), and Jhamaka 63 , Sthauneyaka 69 , Ela (cardamoms), 
61 Yerse 84a is found, word for word, in the Vangasena, on eye diseases, p. 788. 
62 Or perhaps : ‘ by a dead hand by the hand of a corpse. I do not understand 
the direction. 
63 Havana, or ndbana is given in the smaller Petersburg Dictionary, as meaning 
‘sternutatory.’ I have met with the word in the Vangasena, p. 789, in a similar 
juxtapposition with tarpana and dschydtana. A tarpana is a refrigerant drink made 
of flour of parched grain mixed with water. 
64 The reading seems to be corrupt. I cannot find a drug Kshirind. There is 
Kshir ini which is the name of several plants. There is also Tvakkshtrd a name of 
Tugd or Tabashir. 
65 Apparently the same as Balaka (Sida cor difolia), mentioned in the 11th list 
of Susruta I, 38 (transl., p. 104). 
66 ftlavalu is now unknown. It is mentioned as ftlavdluka in the 6th list of 
Susruta I, 38 (transl., p. 161), where Dallana Mishra’s commentary explains it as a 
reddish powder ( hari-valuka ), resembling that of the seeds of the Krishnagandhd 
( Krishnagandhikaphala ). The latter is the same as the S'igru or S'obhdnjana (Moringa 
pterygosperma), of which there exists a red variety (Dutt’s Mat. Med., p. 118). 
67 I cannot identify this. It is said to be the same as Tdlaparni (Anethum 
graveolens) ; also a kind of lichen (Dutt’s Mat. Med., p. 315) ; also several kinds of 
minerals. Here some plant is probably intended. 
68 Jhamaka is probably the same as (i. e., a prakritized form of) Dhyamaka, which 
is mentioned in the llth list of Susruta I, 38, where Dallana Mishra’s commentary 
identifies it with Kattrina, popularly called Rohish. The latter is said to be “ a 
fragrant grass” (Dutt’s Mat. Med., p 304), but its identity appears to be unknown. 
69 I cannot identify this. It occurs in the llth list of Susruta I, 38, where 
