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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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