बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

606 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXVII. Sl. 12-14. Sloka 11.—Four parts each of sugar, Saileya and Musta, two parts each of Sri Vasaka and Sarja juice, and one part each of Nakha and Guggulu, mixed with the powder of camphor and made into a lump of ball with honey, make a royal perfume called “ Kopacchada ”— Anger-lid. One Iswara has written a work in Prakrit on the art of pre- paring perfumes. The commentator quotes the following verse from him. ओल्लम्मि ओल्लओ जो दिज्जइ वेह इति सो भणिओ । बोहो उण जो चुण्णो चुण्णविणि अच्छगन्धो सो ॥ आर्द्वे आर्द्रो यो दीयते वेध इति स भणितः । बोधः पुनर्यरचूर्णश्चूर्णिते अच्छगन्धः सः ॥ A liquid mixed with another liquid is called वेध, while a pow- der with another is बोध. त्वगुशीरपत्रभागैः सूक्ष्मैलाध्रेन संयुतैश्चूर्णः । पुटवासः प्रवरोऽयं मृगकर्पूरप्रबोधेन ॥१२॥ Sloka 12.—Take equal quantities of cassia bark, andropogon and Patra and a half-quantity of small car- damoms and pound them to fine powder, which should be enriched with musk and camphor. It will make an excellent toilet powder (perfume for clothes). घनवालकशैलेयककर्पूरोशीरनागपुष्पाणि । व्याघ्रनखस्पृक्कागुरुमदनकनखतगरधान्यानि ॥१३॥ कर्चूरचोलमल्यैः स्वेच्छापरिवर्त्तितैश्चतुर्भिरतः । एकद्वित्रिचतुर्भिर्भागैर्गन्धार्णवो भवति ॥१४॥ Slokas 13-14.—The Gandharnava or perfume ocean is prepared from sixteen substances, if every four of them are permuted variously at will and that in one, two, three, or four parts. The substances are :—घन, बालक, शैलेय, कर्पूर