Sambodhi 2018 Vol 41

Author(s): J B Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

Page 60

Vol. XLI, 2018
Plant Propagation as described In Sanskrit Texts 51 क्षीरनिषिक्तं बीजं बृहतीतिलभस्मसर्पिषां लिप्तम् ।
गोमयमृदितमथोप्तं सद्यो जायेत धूपितं वसया ॥6 Seeds sprinkled with milk, rubbed with cow dung, dried and profusely smeared with honey and Vidanga definitely sprout -
पयसि निषिक्तं बीजं गोमयपरिमदितं विशोष्य ततः ।
माक्षिकं विडङ्गचूर्णैर्बहुशो मृदितं प्रजायते नूनम् ॥ According to the experts, seeds soaked in milk, dried well in shade, and rolled into the powder of Brhati, Tila, and Nala (hollow stalk of lotus) mixed with mustard are excellent for sowing
क्षीरेण भावितमनातपसाधुम्युष्कसर्पविमिश्रवृहलीतिनाभूत्या ।
आलालितं प्रवरमे तदपि ब्रुवन्ति बीजं विशुद्धमतयो वपनाय धीराः ॥58 The seeds of Mākanda. Jambu. and Panasa are excellent when wet and treated as stated above. The seeds of Ksîri and Bakula are good when dried and treated as stated above and when tips are cut
माकन्दजम्बूपनसोद्भवमार्दमेव सर्वोत्तमं सकलपूर्वविधानयुक्तम् ।
शुष्कं च पूर्व परिकर्मयुतं वरेण्यं स्यात् क्षीरिकाबकुलयोहुरकूर्चिताग्रम् ॥ Varāhmihira prescribes the methods for treating seeds for increasing their fertility. According to Brhatsamhitā all seeds should be soaked in milk for ten days, taking them out daily with the hands smeared with ghee. Then they must be rolled many times in cow-dung, fumigated with the flesh of deer and hog; thereafter with flesh and hog's marrow, they should be planted in soil that has been already prepared with sesamum treatment. Being sprinkled with milk and water, they will grow and bloom. Even a tamarind seed will produce a sprout when sprinkled with compound of the flour of rice, black gram and sesamum and wheat particles along with stale meat, and repeatedly fumigated with turmeric powder
वासराणि दश दुग्धभावितं बीजमाज्ययुतहस्तयोजितम् । गोमयेन बहुशो विरूक्षितं क्रौडमार्गपिशितैश्च धूपितम् ॥ मांसशूकरवसासमन्वितं रोपितं परिकर्मितावनौ ।
क्षीरसंयुतजलासेवितं जायते कुसुमयुक्तमेव तत् ॥ तिन्तिडीत्यपि करोति वल्लरी वीहिमाषतिलचूर्णसक्तुभिः । पूतिमांससहितैश्च सेचिता धुपिता च सततं हरिद्रया ॥60