314 NOTES ON विधद्रव्यसंयोगानामौीशकक्षपुटनारायणीयकुहकतत्रसिद्धानां अस्थिकेशवर्णतन्तुविवि- थौषधिविरचितानां पुत्तलिकानां वा चूर्णानां निखननविकिरणादिक्रियायुक्तानां मरण मान्द्योच्चाटनापहरणवशीकरणविद्वेषणादिषु &tc. Many combinations of drugs are mentioned in तात्रिक works and in works on erotics ( as in वात्स्यायन 's कामसूत्र) as causing love, hatred &c. We shall quote a few such strange recipes for the sake of illustration. ‘गोदन्तं हरितालं च संयुक्तं काकजिह्वया । चूर्ण कृत्वा यस्य शिरे दीयते स वशीभवेत् and “श्वेतापर जितामूलं पिष्टं रोचनया युतम् । यं पश्येत्तिलकेनैव वशीकुर्यातृपालये ॥. एवंविधानां supply शक्तेः समुत्पादने . तत्र तत्र सर्वस्मिन्नेव –‘मुद्राबन्धध्यानादीनां स्वस्ववी- यत्पादने’ Ar. आगमः sacred works handled down traditionally. It should be noted that the author mentions पुराण even before रामायण-and भारत. 'The inference is not unjustifiable that in his day the पुराणs were perhaps more honoured than even the रामायण and महाभारत, if we bear in mind the rule that in a द्वन्द्व compound, what is more honoured should be placed first, ‘अभ्यर्हितं च वार्तिक on 'ल्पाच्तरम्’ पू० II. 2. 34. occupying the position of Indra, अजगता becoming a huge serpent (boa constrictor ). अजं छागं गिरति इति अजगरः The story of नहुष occurs in the महाभारत वनपर्व chap. 181 and विष्णुपुराण IV. नहुष was the grandson of पुरूरवम् and son of . आयुस्When इन्द्र lay concealed under the waters to expiate the sin of having killed वृत्र, a ब्रह्मण, नहुष was asked to occupy his seat, He after becoming इन्द्र longed for इन्द्राणी, who showed ther willingness to accede to his wishes if he came to her in a palanquin borne by the sages. On his way he urged each of them to be quick using the words सर्प सर्प' ( move on ) and kicked in insolence अगस्त्य on the head when the sage cursed him to be a सर्प ( serpent). नहुष reduced to the form of an अजगर tells युधिष्ठिर ब्रह्मर्षीणां सहधं हि उवाह शिबिकां मम तत्र ह्यगस्त्यः पादेन वहन् स्पृष्टो मया मुनिः । अगस्त्येन ततोऽस्म्युक्तो ध्वंस सर्पति वै रुपा ॥१. बाण elsewhere refers to this सुरलोकादेकहुंकारनिपतितनहुषप्रकटप्रभावस्य ’ (p. 20 l. 21-22 of P ) and in हर्षचरित (p. 97 ) ‘नहुषः परकलत्राभिलाषी महाभुजङ्ग आसीत्. सौदासस्य...मानुषादत्वम्—~he story of सौदास is given in the VII 65 in विष्णुपुराण IV. 4. King सौदास whilo रामायण and hunting killed one out of a pair of tigers, who had devonred many animals and were in reality राक्षसYS. The second of the two vowed revenge. At the end of a यज्ञ performed by सौदास the राक्षस came in the form of वसिष्ठ and demanded समांसभोज the राक्षस then became a cook and served human fesh instead. Then the sage came to the palace to partake of the meals and knowing by his powers of योग what the food was, cursed the king to be a cannibal. When the king told him what had hap
