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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 58 · Udara: past deeds
उदररोग — कर्मविपाकः
बोधायनः —कुर्यात्तु मकरं सम्यग्राजतं ताम्रमेव च ।पलत्रयेण द्वाभ्यां च तथैकेन तथा शुभम् ॥
Bodhayana says: Make a good makara (a sea-creature like a crocodile) of silver, and also of copper. Make it of three pala (weight unit of about 48 grams), or two, or one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पुच्छे रत्नानि देयानि कटिं रौप्येण कारयेत् ।
Set gems in its tail. Make its waist of silver. Make its two eyes of gold. Make its tongue of brass.
पादयोः प्रक्षिपेत्तत्र घृतपात्रं पुनर्द्वयोः ।
Put a pot of ghee at its feet, one at each of the two. Wrap it in black cloth. Smear it with sandalwood paste and agaru (aloe wood).
ताम्रेवै जलपात्रेतु स्थापयेन्मकरं शुभम् ।
Set the good makara (a sea-creature like a crocodile) in a copper water vessel. Take a priest of good conduct, old, self-controlled and free of greed.