Charak Samhita

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प्रस्थस्त्वजाव्योर्हि निरूहमात्रा गवादिषु द्वित्रिगुणं यथाबलम्| निरूहमुष्ट्रस्य तथाऽऽढकद्वयं गजस्य वृद्धिस्त्वनुवासनेऽष्टमः||२२||

[Dosage of enema preparation for evacuation enema in different animals] Answering question regarding quantity of the fluid to be used as evacuation enema Punarvasu Atreya has mentioned that quantity of the fluid for evacuation enema in goats and sheep should be one prastha (736 gm), for cattle should be 2-3 prastha (1472 gm to 2208 gm) depending upon their physique, for camels should be two Adhakas (5888 gm) and for elephants should be four adhaka( 11776 gm). For oily enema the quantity of the oil to be used for these animals should be one – eighth of quantity prescribed.

english translation

prasthastvajAvyorhi nirUhamAtrA gavAdiSu dvitriguNaM yathAbalam| nirUhamuSTrasya tathA''DhakadvayaM gajasya vRddhistvanuvAsane'STamaH||22||

hk transliteration by Sanscript