178 - Diseases 

Hari said: 

1-2. A woman shall repeat the mantra Om Narayanyai Sváha and give the man she loves Támbula mcdicated with a compound of Brahmadandi, Vacha, Kuşhtha, Priyangu and Någakesara. After giving the betel leaf she must repeat the Om Harih Harih Svähä. The man to whom it is given will surely be under her control. 

3. Cow's tooth, Haritala, and crow's tongue powdered together and deposited on the head of a man will make him be under the control of the person who deposits it. But if the victim had kept a garland of white mustard flowers in his house this will not be effective. 

4. There will be perpetual quarrel in the house at the threshold of which Vaibhitaka and Shakhotaka with the roots and leaves are deposited. 

5. A woman shall grind the flesh of Khañjarița bird with honey and apply the compound to her vaginal passage during the period of menstruation. Her husband will be her slave. 

6. Fumigating one's body with a compound of Aguru, Guggulu, Nilotpala and jaggery one shall be a great favourite in the Royal threshold. 

7. A Tilaka (mark on the forehead) with the root of white Aparajită ground with Rocan, will enable one to captivate anyone he sees in the royal palace. 

8. Kåkajanghä, Vachă, Kushtha, leaves of Nimba, Kumkuma and one's own blood compounded together will enable any one to control others. 

9 Take the blood of a wild cat and purify it by cooking it in the oil of Karanja. Smear a lotus leaf with this and holding this above Rudrägni (funeral pyre) take the root as well and make a collyrium of all together. If this is applied to the eyes one can be invisible. 

10. The mantra to be recited is as follows: -

Om namah Khadgavajrapanaye Maha-Yakshasenapataye Svähä Om Rudram Hram Hrim Varashaktātvaritavidya. Om Måtarah Stambhayata Svaha.

 The root of Mahåsugandhika kept round the hips arrests the rapid emission of semen. 

11. Reciting the following mantra 

Om Namah Sarvasattvebhyah Namah Siddhim Kuru Kuru Svähi

 seven times, the man should whirl the flowers of Karavira in front of women. He can bring under his control whomsoever he wishes. 

12. Brahmadandi, Vachă and Patra should be ground into paste with honey and applied over the organ (of generation). The woman will never wish for another husband. 

13. Clumps of Brahmadandi kept in the mouth at the time of sexual intercourse will arrest the rapid emission of semen. Roots of Jayanti kept in the mouth will give the man splendid victory in cohabitation. 

14. Roots of Bhrungarāja ground into paste with semen and applied to the eyes like collyrium will enable any woman to captivate her lover. 

15. Handing over betel leaves with clumps of Aparajita with Nilotpala is an effective means of captivating others. 

16-18. The regions where Chandrakalās (erotic centres) are located in men and women are big toes, feet, heels, knees, pelvis, navel, chest, abdomen, armpits, throat, cheeks, lips, eyes, forehead and head. In men they are in the right side and in women they are in the left side. By tickling these centres love can be aroused. Different centres from the head to the toe should be tickled in the bright half and from toe to head in the dark half. In the Kāmaśhāstra (Science of Erotics) sixty-four arts and measures of fascination have been fully explained by which man and wife can enamour mutually. Girls and women are charmed by close embraces. 

19. Rochană, fragrant flowers, Nimba flowers, Priyangu, Kumkuma and Chandana marking the forchead can keep the whole world captivated. The mantra to be recited in this process of fascination is: 

20. On Hrin Gauri Devi, Saubhagyan Purushavashyadi Dehi Me.

Om Hrim Lakshmi Devi Saubhagyam Sarvam TrailokyaMohanam

(O Goddess Gauri, give unto me all fortunes and amiability of children. O goddess Lakşhmi, give unto me the fortune that charms the three worlds). 

21. O Rudra, sweet scents, turmeric, saffron, etc. applied over the body, fumigations, flowers, incense, etc, are things that charm others. 

22. By applying a plaster of Durálabhå, Vacha, Kuşhat Kumkuma and Shatavari ground into paste in oil, to the vaginal passage, a woman can charm her lover. 

23. Fumigating her vaginal canal with the smoke of Nimba twigs a woman will become fortunate enslaving her husband. 

24. Butter taken from buffalo's milk, Kushtha, Madhuyaşhtika, etc applied to the vagina makes a woman fortunate in conjugal bliss and her husband her slave. 

25. Cook Madhuyaşhti, Kantakärika and cow's milk taken in equal quantities in water and reduce the entire thing to onefourth. This decoction drunk hot enables a woman to conceive quickly. 

26. Seeds of Matulunga should be purified and cooked in milk. Drinking this a woman will be able to conceive. There is no doubt in this. 

27. A woman desiring to beget a male child must drink ghee medicated with seeds of Mātulunga and roots of Eranda. 

28. Ašhvagandhå cooked in milk and mixed with ghee is a good medicine enabling conception. Seeds of Paläsha ground into paste with honey when drunk by a woman in menses stop the menstrual flow as well as conception.