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## Pinḍaniryukti: An Observation
**Debt:** A person forcefully took everything from another. Bahin Sammati took two palas of oil from her ascetic brother at double the interest. On the third day, the oil became one karsa. Due to the unlimited debt, she had to accept servitude.
**Medicine:** Indian Ayurvedic science is extremely rich. It mentions three types of treatments: physical, mental, and emotional. The author of the Pinḍaniryukti has described many important facts about Ayurveda and medicine in passing. Through a medical method, a person cured a tiger's blindness.
Milk is considered healthy at the end of a meal. Staying up late at night causes indigestion. To avoid indigestion during illness, clothes should be washed frequently. When bitten by a snake, both mantras and medicine were used. Many facts related to Ayurveda and health are compiled in Appendix 4.
**Grains and Food:** Certain regions were famous for their grains. For example, Gobar Gram in Magadha was famous for its abundant production of Shali. Dr. Kamalchandra Jain has speculated that the village might have been named Gobar due to the easy availability of cow dung. Cow dung manure would have been readily available there, which would have been used as fertilizer.
Kodrava and Rālaka were considered light grains, so poor people often consumed them, while wealthy people used Shali grain. The author of the Pinḍaniryukti has mentioned many grains, pulses, spices, food items, cooking utensils, and cooking methods in passing. For this, see Appendix 16, Special Name Order, page 306.
To protect grains, they were stored in granaries, plastered with cow dung and sealed with lac, etc., so that they would not deteriorate for a long time. The Brihatkalpa Bhashya also provides a scientific method for storing grains.