Kaka-can.d.i-Is`vara-kalpa Tantra-m (‘crow ferocity owning-choice ritual loom’)

[pa. = parn.a (‘leaves); na. = nala (‘stalk’); pu. = pus.ya (‘flowers’); ph. = phala (‘fruit’)]

[k. = kr.s.a (‘black’); pi. = pita (‘yellow’); s`. = s`ukla/s`veta (‘white’)]

[n. = naks.atra (‘lunar mansion’); d. = dina (‘day’); p. = paks.a (‘1/2 month’)]

p.

__-kalpa (with translation)

identity

description; habitat; naks.atra

where worn

effect

1-2

apa-rajita ‘off-illuminated’

= giri-karn.ika = Achyranthes

pus.ya, hasta n.; 8th , 14th d. k.p.

forehead

hypnotize

2-6

ud-cat.a

 

pa. round; na. blackish – Vindhya; Nara-narayana; Candra-kamta; Hema-pus.t.a

buttocks

view gods

7-12

naga-damani ‘dragon-taming’

 

na. k.; pa. betel; pu. pi.

neck; genitals

eliminate poisons

12-3

vajra-valli ‘thunderbolt-liana’

     

eliminate gulma

13-5

vajra-danti ‘thunderbolt-toothed’

   

in mouth

disappear

15-9

hasti-karn.i ‘elephant-eared’

 

5th , 15th d. s`.p.; revati, rohin.i, pus.ya, s`ravan.a n.

 

eliminate ascites

19-23

maha-nili ‘great-blue’

   

hand

exorcise

23-38

s`aila-udaka ‘rock-water’

 

Simha-acala; Kala-parvata

 

panacea

38-41

s`veta-punar-nava ‘white again-new’

     

eliminate

eye-ailments

41-3

rakta-palas`a

       

43-5

brahma

       

45-6

s`veta-palas`a

       

47-8

kr.s.n.a-haridra

black turmeric

     

48-50

kat.u-rohin.i ‘pungent red-cow’

 

pus.ya n. sund.

neck

eliminate vertigo

50-1

as`va-gandha ‘horse-odor’

Physalis flexuosa

 

wrist

eliminate weakness

52-4

ankola

 

from east; thursd.; hasta n.

 

become invisible

54-7

laks.man.a

Ardea sibirica

14th d. k.p.; pus.ya n. thursd.

forehead

hypnotize

58-9

is`vari

   

sole

walk afar

59-64

s`almali

silkcotton-tree

pus.ya n.

in mouth

see hidden treasure

64-9

kaka-jangha ‘crow-shank’

Leea hirta

kr.ttika, rohin.i, revati n.

head

pacify headache

69-71

ks.ipra ‘springy’

Myrica sapida

west bank of Yamuna r.; pu. citraka; ph. finger

in mouth

revive the dead

71-72

karan~-ja ‘fingernail’

Pongamia glabra

     

73-80

nis-gun.d.i

 

sund. pus.ya n.

internal

strengthen voice

80-3

Indra-Varun.i

a wild bitter gourd, Cucumis colocynthis

pus.ya n.

in mouth

stabilize semen

83-4

bhr.nga-raja

Eclipta prostrata

     

84-5

tri-phala ‘triple-fruit’

       

85-6

udaka

water [not herb]

     

86-91

musali ‘clubbed’

     

check visucika

92-3

mun.d.i ‘shaven’

 

15th d. s`.p.; revati, rohin.i, pus.ya, s`ravan.a n.

oral

devoiding senility

94-8

citraka ‘speckled’

Plumbago zeylanica

8th, 14th, 5th d.; s`ravan.a n.

 

stout physique

98-9

man.d.uka ‘frog’

     

eliminate vata-gulma

99-101

s`ri-phala ‘prosperity-fruit’

bilva-tree = Aegle marmelos

8th d. k.p.

oral

alleviate adhi & vi-adhi

101-4

langali ‘furnished with a plough’

Methonia superba

 

palms of hands

alleviate puerperal complication

104-6

amalaki

emblic myrobalan

 

oral

relieve pradara in women

106-8

s`veta-gun~ja

white Abrus precatorius

uttara-bhadrapada n.

body

fireproof body

109-11

man.d.uka-brahmi

 

s`.p.; pus.ya n.

 

woman to conceive male child

111-2

vandaka ‘mendicant’

Vanda roxburghii

 

hand, throat, waist

 

113-4

vakuci

Vernonia anthelmintica

 

oral

 

115-21

rud-anti ‘weeping[-ending]’

a small succulent, amr.ta-srava

can.aka pa. (with golden spots) & pu.; s`.p.; Kailas`a, Mandara, Vindhya, S`ri-s`aila

oral

devoid ama, relieve intestinal disease, destroy intoxication

121-3

kat.u-tumbi

a pungent kind of bitter gourd

     

123-4

iliya-lepa ‘cudgel-tree (ilya) unguent’

 

eran.d.a pa. & ph.

oral

lose appetite

125-6

nimba

Azadirachta indica

 

oral

prameha

126-8

tr.n.a-jyotis. ‘grass-shining’

     

illuminate night

128-30

s`veta

       

130-1

bhu-kadamba

Ptychotis ajowan

     

131-6

gandhaka ‘odorous’

sulphur [not herb]

 

odor

recover from fainting

136-42

deva-dali ‘divine-colocynth’

a kind of pumpkin

15th d. s`.p.; pus.ya n.

inhale

 

142-7

eran.d.a

castor-oil plant = Ricinus communis

sund.; pus.ya n.

   

147-54

mayura-s`ikha ‘peafowl-tress’

Celosia cristata

pus.ya n.; 14th d. k.p.

oral

expell worms

154-7

brahma-dan.d.i

 

k.p.; sund.

   

157-8

saha-devi

 

8th, 14th d. k.p.

oral

alleviate cervical adinitis

p. 25 varieties of s`aila-udaka of S`ila-atala, in S`ri-vana

s`aila-udaka

meaning

vedhana

bhadra-anta

 

1 day

vila-anta

 

3 days

Tara-is`vara

 

1 month

arya-udaya

 

" "

brahma-is`vara

 

" "

vyaghra-pada

tigre’s foot

8 months

A-ghora

not-terrible

1 month

simha-vedhi

 

" "

brahma-giri

 

1 day

vindhya

ks.an.a

moment

malya-karn.a

 

1 day

tila-udaka

 

moment

Kis.kindha

 

"

p. 26 varieties of s`aila-udaka

location of variety

vedhana

Simha-acala

kot.i

Dus-ga-Des`a

1 day

Kala-parvata

laks.a

Angirasa-kun.d.a

moment

p. 38 s`veta-punar-nava for alleviation of eye-ailments

netra-pus.pa

dugdha (milk)

ks.iren.a-pus.pa-m

as`ru-vaha

madhu (honey)

madhu-na-as`ru-vaha-m

bhru kan.d.u-pat.ala

nili

bhruvos`ca kan.d.u-m

netra-andhata

kan~ji (gruel)

netra-andhata kan~jikaya

pp. 87-91 diseases alleviated in combination with musali

p.

ingredient

disease

87

ghr.ta

gulma

 

hot water

dyspepsia

 

wheat-flour

all

88

tan.d.ala-udaka

scorpion-sting

 

manah.s`ila

bronchitis

 

triphala

pitta-dos.a

 

ginger

vadhirya

 

saffron

senility

 

jambu-fruit

epilepsy

89

dugdha-bhavana

trs.n.a

 

bhr.nga-raja

all

 

udumbara

greying of hair

 

vakuci

sterility in women

 

cow’s urine

satataka-jvara

 

jambira

jaundice

 

gruel

abdominal ailments

 

kadali

tertan fever

89-90

apamarga

vata-dos.a

90

narikela-jala

head-aliments

 

sesame-oil

s`les.ma

 

madana-phala

anaemia

 

suran.a

anal ailments

 

ardaka

s`ula

 

kus.man.d.a

jalodara

 

saindhava salt

foul ulcer

 

pippali fruit

chronic fever

91

laks.man.a root

lack of male child in women

 

bhu-s`is.ira

senility

 

takra

pan.d.u-roga

 

goat’s urine

wrinkles

 

narikela jala

poison

 

pat.ola leaves

snake-poison

p. 92 virtues of faculties aequated with animals etc.

faculty

animal

caks.u (‘vision’)

su-parn.a (‘vulture’)

s`ravan.a (‘audition’)

varaha (‘swine’)

jn~ana (‘knowledge’)

hamsa (‘crane’)

svara (‘voice’)

kid-nara

bala (‘strength’)

bhima

gati-calana (‘mobility’)

vayu

buddhi (‘wisdom’)

br.has-pati

pp. 109-110 powers acquired by taking man.d.uka-brahmi orally for months

p.

months

power

109

¼

alleviate abdominal diseases

 

½

robust & strengthful

 

1

alleviate all diseases

 

2

locate treasures hidden underground

 

3

one disappeareth

110

4

"One observes visibly flights of the gods -- divine spacecrafts"

 

6

attain khecaratva ("capacity to fly in space")

 

12

become aequal to 2nd S`ankhara by attaining divine power of knowing the 3 loka-s

pp. 111-112 effects of vandaka[a liana?], taken during specific naks.atra-s, from trees

p.

naks.atra

tree

where retained

effect

111

vis`akha

rajavr.ks.a

middle of house

free from risk of house’s burning down

 

rohin.i

vat.a

on waist

promoting semen

 

"

as`vattha

 

jiva-vardhaka

112

bharan.i

nirgun.d.i

taken orally

boost mental faculty

 

pus.ya

tinduka

retained in mouth

destroy effects of venom

 

svati

brahmavr.ks.a

 

promote knowledge

p. 113 fluids to take orally with a drug for extended times

time, in days

fluid

3

tepid water

5

cow’s urine

11

milk

14

ghr.ta (ghee)

30

juice of amalaki-fruit

names of minerals

mineral

meaning

naga

lead

abhraka

mica

parada

quicksilver

gandhaka

sulphur

svarn.a

gold

rajata

silver

tamra

copper

CHOWKHAMBA SANSKRIT SERIES, vol. CXXI – Gyanendra Pandey (tr.) : Kakacan.d.is`varakalpatantra. Varanasi, 2003.