Arthashastra
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पूति करञ्ज पत्त्र हरि ताल मनः शिला गुञ्ज आरक्त कार्पास पलाल अन्य आस्फोट काच गो शकृद् रस पिष्टम् अन्धी करो धूमः ॥
The smoke caused by burning the leaves of pútikaranja (guilandina bonducella), yellow arsenic, realgar, the seeds of gunja (abrus precatorius), the chaff of the seeds of red cotton, ásphota (a plant, careya arborea), khácha (salt ?), and the dung and urine of a cow causes blindness.
english translation
pUti karaJja pattra hari tAla manaH zilA guJja Arakta kArpAsa palAla anya AsphoTa kAca go zakRd rasa piSTam andhI karo dhUmaH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptसर्प निर्मोकं गो अश्व पुरीषम् अन्ध अहिक शिरश् च अन्धी करो धूमः ॥
The smoke caused by burning the skin of a snake, the dung of a cow and a horse, and the head of a blind snake causes blindness.
english translation
sarpa nirmokaM go azva purISam andha ahika ziraz ca andhI karo dhUmaH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptपारावत प्लवक क्रव्य अदानां हस्ति नर वराहाणां च मूत्र पुरीषं कासीस हिङ्गु यव तुष कण तण्डुलाः कार्पास कुटज कोश अतकीनां च बीजानि गो मूत्रिका भाण्डी मूलं निम्ब शिग्रु फणिर्ज काक्षीव पीलुक भङ्गः सर्प शफरी चर्म हस्ति नख शृङ्ग चूर्णम् इत्य् एष धूमो मदन कोद्रव पलालेन हस्ति कर्ण पलाश पलालेन वा प्रणीतः प्रत्येकशो यावच् चरति तावन् मारयति ॥
The smoke caused by burning the powder made of the mixture of the dung and urine of pigeons, frogs, flesh-eating animals, elephants, men, and boars, the chaff and powder of barley mixed with kásísa (green sulphate of iron), rice, the seeds of cotton, kutaja (nerium antidysentericum), and kosátaki (lufta pentandra), cow's urine, the root of bhándi (hydroeotyle asiatica), the powder of nimba (nimba meria), sigru (hyperanthera morunga), phanirjaka (a kind of tulasi plant), kshíbapíluka (ripe coreya arborea), and bhánga (a common intoxicating drug), the skin of a snake and fish, and the powder of the nails and tusk of an elephant, all mixed with the chaff of madana and kodravá (paspalam scrobiculatum), or with the chaff of the seeds of hastikarna (castor oil tree) and palása (butea frondosa) causes instantaneous death wherever the smoke is carried off by the wind.
english translation
pArAvata plavaka kravya adAnAM hasti nara varAhANAM ca mUtra purISaM kAsIsa hiGgu yava tuSa kaNa taNDulAH kArpAsa kuTaja koza atakInAM ca bIjAni go mUtrikA bhANDI mUlaM nimba zigru phaNirja kAkSIva pIluka bhaGgaH sarpa zapharI carma hasti nakha zRGga cUrNam ity eSa dhUmo madana kodrava palAlena hasti karNa palAza palAlena vA praNItaH pratyekazo yAvac carati tAvan mArayati ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकाली कुष्ठ नड शतावली मूलं सर्प प्रचलाक कृकण पञ्च कुष्ठ चूर्णं वा धूमः पूर्व कल्पेन आर्द्र शुष्क पलालेन वा प्रणीतः संग्राम अवतरण अवस्कन्दन संकुलेषु कृत नेजन उदक अक्षि प्रतीकारैः प्रणीतः सर्व प्राणिनां नेत्रघ्नः ॥
When a man who has kept his eyes secure with the application of ointment and medicinal water burns, on the occasion of the commencement of a battle and the assailing of forts, the roots of káli (tragia involucrata), kushtha (costus), nada (a kind of reed) and satávari (asperagus racemosus), or the powder of (the skin of) a snake, the tail of a peacock, krikana (a kind of partridge), and panchakushtha (?), together with the chaff as previously described or with wet or dry chaff, the smoke caused thereby destroys the eyes of all animals.
english translation
kAlI kuSTha naDa zatAvalI mUlaM sarpa pracalAka kRkaNa paJca kuSTha cUrNaM vA dhUmaH pUrva kalpena Ardra zuSka palAlena vA praNItaH saMgrAma avataraNa avaskandana saMkuleSu kRta nejana udaka akSi pratIkAraiH praNItaH sarva prANinAM netraghnaH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptशारिका कपोत बक बलाका लेण्डम् अर्क अक्षि पीलुक स्नुहि क्षीर पिष्टम् अन्धी करणम् अञ्जनम् उदक दूषणं च ॥
The ointment prepared by mixing the excretion of sáriká (maina), kapota (pigeon), baka (crane), and baláka (a kind of small crane) with the milk of kákshiva (hyperanthera morunga), píluka (a species of careya arborea) and snuhi (euphorbia) causes blindness and poisons water.
english translation
zArikA kapota baka balAkA leNDam arka akSi pIluka snuhi kSIra piSTam andhI karaNam aJjanam udaka dUSaNaM ca ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript