Arthashastra

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शत कर्दम उच्चिदिङ्ग कर वीर कटु तुम्बी मत्स्य धूमो मदन कोद्रव पलालेन हस्ति कर्ण पलाश पलालेन वा प्रवात अनुवाते प्रणीतो यावच् चरति तावन् मारयति ॥

The smoke caused by burning the powder of satakardama (?), uchchitinga (crab), karavira (nerium odorum), katutumbi (a kind of bitter gourd), and fish together with the chaff of the grains of madana (?) and kodrava (paspalam scrobiculatum), or with the chaff of the seeds of hastikarna (castor oil tree) and palása (butea frondosa) destroys animal life as far as it is carried off by the wind.

english translation

zata kardama uccidiGga kara vIra kaTu tumbI matsya dhUmo madana kodrava palAlena hasti karNa palAza palAlena vA pravAta anuvAte praNIto yAvac carati tAvan mArayati ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript