Arthashastra
कुक्कुट कोश अतकी शतावरी मूल युक्तम् आहारयमाणो मासेन गौरो भवति ॥
Whoever eats the mixture of the powders of the roots of kukkuta (marsilia dentata), kosátaki (duffa pentandra), and satávari (asparagus racemosus) for a month will become white.
english translation
kukkuTa koza atakI zatAvarI mUla yuktam AhArayamANo mAsena gauro bhavati ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript