Charak Samhita

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ततः शीलशौचाचारानुरागदाक्ष्यप्रादक्षिण्योपपन्नानुपचारकुशलान् सर्वकर्मसु पर्यवदातान्सूपौदनपाचकस्नापकसंवाहकोत्थापकसंवेशकौषधपेषकांश्च परिचारकान् सर्वकर्मस्वप्रतिकूलान्, तथागीतवादित्रोल्लापकश्लोकगाथाख्यायिकेतिहासपुराणकुशलानभिप्रायज्ञाननुमतांश्च देशकालविदः पारिषद्यांश्च, तथालावकपिञ्जिलशशहरिणैणकालपुच्छकमृगमातृकोरभ्रान्, गां दोग्ध्रीं शीलवतीमनातुरां जीवद्वत्सांसुप्रतिविहिततृणशरणपानीयां, पात्र्याचमनीयोदकोष्ठमणिकघटपिठरपर्योगकुम्भीकुम्भकुण्डशराव-दर्वीकटोदञ्चनपरिपचनमन्थानचर्मचेलसूत्रकार्पासोर्णादीनि च, शयनासनादीनि चोपन्यस्तभृङ्गारप्रतिग्रहाणिसुप्रयुक्तास्तरणोत्तरप्रच्छदोपधानानि सोपाश्रयाणि [१]संवेशनोपवेशनस्नेहस्वेदाभ्यङ्गप्रदेहपरिषेकानुलेपनवमनविरेचनास्थापनानुवासन-शिरोविरेचनमूत्रोच्चारकर्मणामुपचारसुखानि, सुप्रक्षालितोपधानाश्च सुश्लक्ष्णखरमध्यमा दृषदः, शस्त्राणि चोपकरणार्थानि,धूमनेत्रं च, बस्तिनेत्रं चोत्तरबस्तिकं च, कुशहस्तकं च, तुलां च, मानभाण्डं च,घृततैलवसामज्जक्षौद्रफाणितलवणेन्धनोदकमधुसीधुसुरासौवीरकतुषोदक- मैरेयमेदकदधिदधिमण्डोदस्विद्धान्याम्लमूत्राणिच, तथा शालिषष्टिकमुद्गमाषयवतिलकुलत्थबदरमृद्वीकाकाश्मर्यपरूषकाभयामलकबिभीतकानि, नानाविधानि चस्नेहस्वेदोपकरणानि द्रव्याणि, तथैवोर्ध्वहरानुलोमिकोभयभाञ्जि,सङ्ग्रहणीयदीपनीयपाचनीयोपशमनीयवातहरादिसमाख्यातानि चौषधानि; यच्चान्यदपि किञ्चिह्यापदः परिसङ्ख्यायप्रतीकारार्थमुपकरणं विद्यात्, यच्च प्रतिभोगार्थं, तत्तदुपकल्पयेत् ||७||

sanskrit

[Arrangements for hospital staff and accessories] After setting up the hospital building, the following accessories should be kept ready: 1. Attending staff: Staff with good conduct, hygiene, character, devotion, dexterity, compassion, and with proficiency in nursing and administering therapies should be appointed. They should be skilled in cooking soups, rice, giving baths, massage, in handling (bed-ridden) patients, and also in formulating (grinding, etc.) medicines. The staff should be willing to do all duties. 2. Other staff: People well-versed with singing, playing musical instruments, panegyrics, recitation of verses, ancient lores, short stories, itihasa (history), purana (ancient spiritual texts), who are quick learners, who are obedient, and who have good knowledge of time and place should be appointed. 3. Animals in hospital campus: Presence of lava (common quail), kapinjala (grey partridge), shasha (rabbit), harina (black buck), ena (antelope), kalapucchaka (black-tailed deer), mrigamaika (red/hog deer), and urabhra (wild sheep) is necessary. There should be a good, healthy, cow with her calf alive (i.e., milking cow) with adequate provision for her feed (fresh grass), shelter and water. 4. Pots and vessels: Provision should also be made of vessels and containers, such as beakers, water vessels (patti), sipping spoons (aachmaniya), tubs (udakostha), big and small earthen jars (manika and ghata), frying pan (pithara), jug (paryoga), small and big pitchers (kumbhi kumbha), bowl (kunda), saucer (sardva), ladle (darvi), mat (kata), coverplate (udanchana), cooking pan (paripachana), churning stick (manthana), leather, cloth, thread, cotton, wool, etc. 5. Bedding and sitting arrangements: Arrangements should be made for beds and seats, etc. kettle and spittoon, well spread bed sheets, coverlets, cushion with pillows to facilitate resting, sitting for treatments like oleation, fomentation, massage, unction, shower, anointment, emesis, purgation, asthapana (type of enema with decoction), anuvasana (type of enema with oil), elimination of dosha from head, and bed-pans for passing of stool and urine. 6. Accesories for purification: Well washed roller stone and grinding stones (mortars) that should be well polished, hard and of medium size, along with well cleaned pestles, sharp instruments, accessories, smoking pipe, tube for enema and douche, broom, scales and measuring vessels should be arranged. 7. Food and medicines for patients: The following food items and medicines should be arranged: ghee, oil, muscle fat, marrow, honey, phanita (a sugar cane preparation ), salt, fuel, various types of wine like the one prepared of honey, sidhu, sura, sauviraka, maireya, medaka, tushodaka, curd, whey, udasvit (a mixture of water and butter milk in equal parts), dhanyamla (sour gruel), shali rice (Oryza sativa Linn.), shashtika rice (a variety of Oryza sativa Linn), mudga (green gram- phaseolus mungo Linn.), masha (black gram- Phaseolus radiatus Linn.), yava (Hordeum vulgara Linn.), tila (sesamum indicum Linn.), kulattha (Dolichos bifforus Linn.), badara (zizyphus jujube Lam.), mridvika (vitis vinifera Linn.), kashmarya (Gmelina arborea Linn.), parushaka (Grewia asiatica Linn.), abhaya (Terminalia chebula Linn.), amalaki (Emblica officinalis Garrin), bibhittaka (Termalia bellerica Roxb.) , and other drugs employed in oleation, fomentation, emesis, purgation, those having the combined action of emesis and purgation, those that are known to stop emesis and purgation, appetizers and vata-pacifying medicines, etc., carminatives, other medicines conducive to the treatment of complications, and also those which are useful in and after-treatment.

english translation

tataH zIlazaucAcArAnurAgadAkSyaprAdakSiNyopapannAnupacArakuzalAn sarvakarmasu paryavadAtAnsUpaudanapAcakasnApakasaMvAhakotthApakasaMvezakauSadhapeSakAMzca paricArakAn sarvakarmasvapratikUlAn, tathAgItavAditrollApakazlokagAthAkhyAyiketihAsapurANakuzalAnabhiprAyajJAnanumatAMzca dezakAlavidaH pAriSadyAMzca, tathAlAvakapiJjilazazahariNaiNakAlapucchakamRgamAtRkorabhrAn, gAM dogdhrIM zIlavatImanAturAM jIvadvatsAMsuprativihitatRNazaraNapAnIyAM, pAtryAcamanIyodakoSThamaNikaghaTapiTharaparyogakumbhIkumbhakuNDazarAva-darvIkaTodaJcanaparipacanamanthAnacarmacelasUtrakArpAsorNAdIni ca, zayanAsanAdIni copanyastabhRGgArapratigrahANisuprayuktAstaraNottarapracchadopadhAnAni sopAzrayANi [1]saMvezanopavezanasnehasvedAbhyaGgapradehapariSekAnulepanavamanavirecanAsthApanAnuvAsana-zirovirecanamUtroccArakarmaNAmupacArasukhAni, suprakSAlitopadhAnAzca suzlakSNakharamadhyamA dRSadaH, zastrANi copakaraNArthAni,dhUmanetraM ca, bastinetraM cottarabastikaM ca, kuzahastakaM ca, tulAM ca, mAnabhANDaM ca,ghRtatailavasAmajjakSaudraphANitalavaNendhanodakamadhusIdhusurAsauvIrakatuSodaka- maireyamedakadadhidadhimaNDodasviddhAnyAmlamUtrANica, tathA zAliSaSTikamudgamASayavatilakulatthabadaramRdvIkAkAzmaryaparUSakAbhayAmalakabibhItakAni, nAnAvidhAni casnehasvedopakaraNAni dravyANi, tathaivordhvaharAnulomikobhayabhAJji,saGgrahaNIyadIpanIyapAcanIyopazamanIyavAtaharAdisamAkhyAtAni cauSadhAni; yaccAnyadapi kiJcihyApadaH parisaGkhyAyapratIkArArthamupakaraNaM vidyAt, yacca pratibhogArthaM, tattadupakalpayet ||7||

hk transliteration

Chapter 15

Verse 8