which would invigorate the eye-sight and impart a clearness of vision. Flowers of Mesha-Śringi, Śirisha, Dhavaand of Málati together with pearl and Vaidurya (ruby) should be pounded and made into a paste with the addition of the milk of a she-goat. The compound thus prepared should be kept in a copper vessel for a week and then made into Vartis (sticks) of convenient lengths and applied to the eyes in the manner of an Anjana. A Varti (stick) should be similarly prepared with Srotonjana, coral, Samudra-phena, Manah-śilá and Maricha and used similarly as an Anjana (eye-salve). It imparts steadiness of vision. The many other Anjanas to be described in the next Chapter (Kriyá-kalpa) may also be beneficially applied for the purpose. 47-48.
Thus ends the seventeenth chapter in the Uttara-Tantra of the Sus'ruta Samhitá which treats of the curative measures of the diseases of the Drishti (pupil).
