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===Sanskrit text, Transliteration and English Translation===
 
===Sanskrit text, Transliteration and English Translation===
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यज्जःपुरुषीयाध्यायोपक्रमः
   
अथातो यज्जःपुरुषीयमध्यायं व्याख्यास्यामः||१||  
 
अथातो यज्जःपुरुषीयमध्यायं व्याख्यास्यामः||१||  
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| 12.Ghee (ghrita)|| Alleviating vata and pitta (vata pittaprashamana)  
 
| 12.Ghee (ghrita)|| Alleviating vata and pitta (vata pittaprashamana)  
 
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| 13.Sesamum oil ( tila taila)|| Alleviating vata and kapha (vatashleshmanprashaman)  
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| 13. Sesame oil ( tila taila)|| Alleviating vata and kapha (vatashleshmanprashaman)  
 
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| 14.Emesis (vamana)|| Eliminating kapha (shlesmahara)
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| 14. Emesis (vamana)|| Eliminating kapha (shlesmahara)
 
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| 15.Purgation (virechana)|| Eliminating pitta (pittahara)
 
| 15.Purgation (virechana)|| Eliminating pitta (pittahara)
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Hence, the physician who desires success in treatment shall consider effects of the natural properties of drugs and dietary articles, as well as the usage patterns associated with such articles. [45-47].
 
Hence, the physician who desires success in treatment shall consider effects of the natural properties of drugs and dietary articles, as well as the usage patterns associated with such articles. [45-47].
 
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==== Agnivesha’s query regarding ''asava'' (fermented alcoholic beverages) ====
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==== Agnivesha’s query regarding ''asava'' (self generated fermented alcoholic beverages) ====
    
तदात्रेयस्य भगवतो वचनमनुनिशम्य पुनरपि भगवन्तमात्रेयमग्निवेश उवाच- यथोद्देशमभिनिर्दिष्टः केवलोऽयमर्थो भगवता श्रुतश्चास्माभिः|  
 
तदात्रेयस्य भगवतो वचनमनुनिशम्य पुनरपि भगवन्तमात्रेयमग्निवेश उवाच- यथोद्देशमभिनिर्दिष्टः केवलोऽयमर्थो भगवता श्रुतश्चास्माभिः|  
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Having listened to this above statement of the Lord Atreya, Agnivesha once again asked Lord Atreya, “O Lord, this subject has been dealt with exhaustively as proposed and we have followed it too. Now we would like to hear from you a detailed and precise description of the ingredients that get into asava (alcoholic) preparations.”[48]
 
Having listened to this above statement of the Lord Atreya, Agnivesha once again asked Lord Atreya, “O Lord, this subject has been dealt with exhaustively as proposed and we have followed it too. Now we would like to hear from you a detailed and precise description of the ingredients that get into asava (alcoholic) preparations.”[48]
 
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==== Explaination by Atreya about ''asava'' (alcoholic preparations) ====
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==== Explanation by Atreya about ''asava'' (self generated fermented alcoholic preparation) ====
    
तमुवाच भगवानात्रेयः- धान्यफलमूलसारपुष्पकाण्डपत्रत्वचो भवन्त्यासवयोनयोऽग्निवेश! सङ्ग्रहेणाष्टौ शर्करानवमीकाः|  
 
तमुवाच भगवानात्रेयः- धान्यफलमूलसारपुष्पकाण्डपत्रत्वचो भवन्त्यासवयोनयोऽग्निवेश! सङ्ग्रहेणाष्टौ शर्करानवमीकाः|  
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*''Twagasava'' (alcoholic preparation from bark): ''Tilvaka'' (Vibrunnum nervosum), ''lodhra'' (Symplocos racemosa Roxb.], ''elavaluka'' (cherry, Brunus cerasus),and ''karmuka'' (Aroca catchu linn.). The barks of these four trees are used for making ''twagasava'' (alcoholic preparations from barks).
 
*''Twagasava'' (alcoholic preparation from bark): ''Tilvaka'' (Vibrunnum nervosum), ''lodhra'' (Symplocos racemosa Roxb.], ''elavaluka'' (cherry, Brunus cerasus),and ''karmuka'' (Aroca catchu linn.). The barks of these four trees are used for making ''twagasava'' (alcoholic preparations from barks).
 
*''Sharakarasava'' (alcoholic preparation from sugar): Sugar is the only one thing from which ''sharakarasava'' (sugar wine) is prepared.
 
*''Sharakarasava'' (alcoholic preparation from sugar): Sugar is the only one thing from which ''sharakarasava'' (sugar wine) is prepared.
Using each of these ingredients exclusively (i.e., without mixing or combining with any other additive or ingredient) results in eighty four varieties of alcoholic preparations. All these are known as ''asava'' (alcoholic preparation, wine) because of the process of fermentation involved in their preparation. The outcome or result of these ''asavas'' (alcoholic preparations) is based on the combination, properties of ingredients and the process or method of preparation. Thus, a skillful Ayurvedic practitioner proficient in the art of preparing ''asavas'' should be able to concoct a preparation with the right combination of ingredients, depending upon the ''doshas'' of the patient, his physical constitution, time, season, location, and other factors [48-49]
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Using each of these ingredients exclusively (i.e., without mixing or combining with any other additive or ingredient) results in eighty four varieties of alcoholic preparations. All these are known as ''asava'' (self generated alcoholic preparation) because of the process of fermentation involved in their preparation. The outcome or result of these ''asavas'' (alcoholic preparations) is based on the combination, properties of ingredients and the process or method of preparation. Thus, a skillful Ayurvedic practitioner proficient in the art of preparing ''asavas'' should be able to concoct a preparation with the right combination of ingredients, depending upon the ''doshas'' of the patient, his physical constitution, time, season, location, and other factors [48-49]
 
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==== Beneficial effects of ''asava'' ====
 
==== Beneficial effects of ''asava'' ====