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अङ्के वृद्धिमुपागतं शिशुतया सर्वाङ्गमालिङ्गितं
मत्स्यः श्रीपरिरम्भनिर्भरतरव्याकोशकोषोन्मुखैः।
आशाप्तैः परिपीयमानमनिशं निःस्पन्दमिन्दिन्दिरैर्
दूरादेव निमेषशून्यनयनः पद्मं समुद्वीक्षते॥

The fish, from a distance, with unblinking eyes, gazes at the lotus, which grew up in its own pond and is now being enjoyed by bees. A poetic verse d...

fish (14) lotus (346) unattainable (4) longing (690) nature (950) imagery (157) poetry (588) melancholy (10)

अङ्केषु शून्यविन्यासाद् वृद्धिः स्यात्तु दशाधिका।
तस्माज्ज्ञेया विशेषेण अङ्कानां वामतो गतिः॥

By placing a zero after numbers, the increase is ten-fold. Therefore, the movement of numbers to the left should be especially known. A clear and con...

mathematics (3) decimal system (1) place value (1) zero (2) positional notation (1)

अङ्कोल्लक्वाथतोयेन मिश्रितं घृतमाक्षिकम्।
वसा किटिकुङ्गाणाम् एतैः सिक्ता महीरुहाः॥

Trees, when watered with these—a decoction of aṅkolla mixed with ghee and honey, and the fat of pigs... This is a horticultural recipe from an ancien...

vrikshayurveda (5) horticulture (5) agriculture (22) recipe (11) fertilizer (3) ankola (3)

अङ्कोल्लक्वथितं स्विन्नं नृमांसं छागदुग्धयुक्।
पिण्याकसहितं मूले सहकारस्य निक्षिपेत्॥

Boiled and steamed human flesh, mixed with goat's milk and oil-cake, should be placed at the root of a mango tree. An esoteric and shocking horticult...

vrikshayurveda (5) horticulture (5) esoteric (3) recipe (11) fertilizer (3) mango tree (12)

अङ्कोल्लतैलभावितम् उषितं
गोशकृति कुमुदकन्दमलम्।
करकाम्बुकर्दमभृते कलशे
कुसुमं समुद्वहति॥

The root of a water lily, treated with aṅkolla oil and kept overnight in cow dung, when planted in a pot filled with mud and hail-water, bears a flowe...

vrikshayurveda (5) horticulture (5) water lily (2) recipe (11) germination (2) planting (7)

अङ्कोल्लतैलसूकर- शिशुमारवसासु भावितं बीजम्।
सद्यो रोहति निहितं भूमौ करकाम्भसा सिक्तम्॥

A seed, treated in aṅkolla oil and the fat of a pig and a dolphin, and watered with hail-water when placed in the ground, sprouts immediately. Anothe...

vrikshayurveda (5) horticulture (5) germination (2) recipe (11) sprouting (2) ankola (3)

अङ्कोल्लपत्रधपेन यद्वा केशसमन्वितैः।
सक्तुभिः कटुतैलाक्तैर् याति मत्स्यविषं क्षयम्॥

The poison of fish is destroyed either by the smoke of aṅkolla leaves or by barley-flour mixed with hair and smeared with mustard oil. This verse fro...

toxicology (2) poison (101) antidote (4) remedy (43) fish poisoning (1) ayurveda (78)

अङ्कोल्लबीजमज्जानां सूक्ष्मचूर्णं विधीयते।
तिलतैलेन तच्चूर्णं सम्यक्कृत्वा च भावयेत्॥

A fine powder of the marrow of aṅkolla seeds should be made. That powder should then be properly prepared and treated with sesame oil. This is the be...

recipe (11) preparation (33) ayurveda (78) herbal medicine (2) ankola (3) fragment (3)

अङ्गं गलितं पलितं मुण्डं दन्तविहीनं जातं तुण्डम्।
करधृतकम्पितशोभितदण्डं तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशा पिण्डम्॥

The body is decaying, the head is grey, the mouth is toothless, one holds a trembling staff—even then, the bundle of desires does not leave. A famous...

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अङ्गं चन्दनपङ्कपङ्कजबिसच्छेदावलीनं मुहुस्
तापः शाप इवैष शोषणपटुः कम्पः सखीकम्पनः।
श्वासाः संवृततारहाररुचयः संभिन्नचीनांशुका
जातः प्रागतिदाहवेदनमहारम्भः स तस्या ज्वरः॥

Her body is covered with sandalwood and lotus stems; the heat is like a curse... her breaths disturb her pearl necklace... thus began her fever, with ...

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