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Now we shall discourse on the chapter which treats of the medical treatment of an attack by Putaná (Putana-Pratishedha). 1.

A decoction of the barks of Kapota-banká, Araluka, Varuna, Páribhadraka and Ásphotá should be used in washing, and medicated oil duly cooked and prepared with (the Kalka and decoction of) Vacha, Vayasthá, (Bráhmi), Golomi, Haritála, Manah-śilá, Kushtha and Sarja-rasa (resin) should be used in anointing the body of a child possessed by Putaná. 2-3.

Clarified butter duly cooked with the Tugá-kshiri, Kushtha, Táliśa, Khadira and Chandana, and the drugs of the Madhura group would be found beneficial. 4.

Deva-dáru, Vachâ, Kushtha, Hingu, Giri-kadamba, Elá and Harenu should be used in fumigating the body of the child. Fumigation of Gandhanákuli, Kumbhiká marrow of Vadara-fruits, shells of crabs, and mustard-seeds pounded together and mixed with clarified butter may also be used. Kákádani, Chitraphalá, Vimbi and Gunjá should be worn on the body (as a charm) by the child. 5-6. Putaná, the presiding deity of the disease, should be worshipped in the interior of a lonely chamber with oblations and with the offerings of boiled rice prepared with the admixture of fish as well as those of Kriśará, and Palala (meat or puddings of sesamum) placed in a saucer and covered with another, and the child should be bathed with the water left behind after worship. 7A.

The worshipping Mantra is as follows: — "May the slovenly shag-haired goddess, Putaná, who is dressed in dirty clothes, and who loves to haunt lonely