Elephant Meat

Gaja (Elephant) meat is described as very heavy, nourishing and cooling. It is fatty and strengthening. Being an Anupa animal, it is very heavy for digestion. Verses: 18.

• Brimhana (nourishing)
• Balya (strengthening)

यायामजागरा व ीहा यभा या द साहसम ् गजं संहं इवाकषन ् भज ना त वन य त Those who indulge in too much of exercise daily, who keep themselves awake till late nights, regularly, who walk long distances regularly, who indulge in excessive sexual activities, too much of laughing, speaking, and such other strenuous activities, will perish, just as a lion perishes after vanquishing an elephant.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Dinacharya Daily Routine

26 ½ Hastiksheera (Elephant milk benefits) - हि त याः थैय कृत ् It is strengthening in nature.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Drava Vigyaniya Drinkables

Mutra Varga (group of urine) :मू ंगो अजा वम हषीगजा वो प तलं खरो वम ् ती णो णं लवणानुरसं कटु ८२ कृ मशोफोदरानाह शूलपा डुकफा नलान ् गु मा च वषि व कु ठाशा स जये लघु ८३ Urine of cow, goat, sheep, buffalo, elephant, horse, camel and donkey – these aggravate Pitta, are non-unctous, penetrating deep, hot in potency, pungent with salt as its secondary taste and useful in worms, dropsy, abdominal enlargement, flatulence, colic, anemia, aggravation of Kapha and Vata, abdominal tumors, loss of taste, po

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Drava Vigyaniya Drinkables

) 48-49 ½ Mahamriga – big animals – वराहम हष य क रो हतवारणाः स ृमर चमरः ख गो गवय च महाम ृगाः Varaha (boar), mahisa (buffalo), nyanku (dog deer), rohita (big deer), ruru (swamp deer), varana (elephant), srmara (Indian wild boar), chamara (yak), khadga (rhinoceros) and Gavaya (goyal ox) are known as mahamriga (animals of huge body).

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

They are shaped like a Masura dala (cotyledon of a lentil) at its edges, held by a rivet bolt at their neck, slightly bent like an Ankusha (goad of the elephant) at its handle are known as Swastika yantra- Cruci from instruments.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Yantra Vidhi

One indulging excessively perishes suddenly like a lion attempting to drag an elephant (v.

— Charaka Samhita, Sutra Sthana — Fundamental Principles, Chapter 7: Non-suppressible & Suppressible Natural Urges (Naveganadharaniya Adhyaya / नवेगान्धारणीय अध्याय)

As trees are destroyed by an elephant, so also all the ailments caused by poisoning are cured by this recipe.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 23: Poison Treatment (Visha Chikitsa / विषचिकित्सा)

Burning sensation and pricking pain in the hands and feet, fatigue and indigestion are caused by the poisoning of the earth (where one moves), shoes, horse, elephant, weapons, flags, bed and seat.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 23: Poison Treatment (Visha Chikitsa / विषचिकित्सा)

injury to vital areas, falling from swift moving elephant, camel or horse etc.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 28: Vata Disorders Treatment (Vatavyadhi Chikitsa / वातव्याधिचिकित्सा)

Roots should be strong, woody, and mature, appearing like elephant tusks.

— Charaka Samhita, Kalpa Sthana — Pharmaceutical Preparations, Chapter 12: Pharmaceutical Preparations of Danti and Dravanti (Dantidravanti Kalpa Adhyaya / दन्तीद्रवन्तीकल्प अध्याय)

The four Vataja Pramehas are: Hastimeha (elephant-stream urine), Vasameha (fat-like urine), Majjameha (marrow-like urine), and Madhu-meha (honey-like urine).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khanda, Chapter 7: Rogagananam (Enumeration of Diseases)

Now the Shurana Avaleha (Khandashurna Avaleha) for hemorrhoids (Arsha): A wise physician should cook Shurana (elephant yam — Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) following the same method as the Kushmanda preparation.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 8: Avalehakalpana (Confection/Electuary Preparations)

One who undergoes eighteen sets of eighteen Bastis attains elephant-like strength and immortal radiance.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 5: Sneha Basti Vidhi (Oil Enema Therapy)

By making an ink (Mashi) from elephant tusk ivory, mixing it with goat's milk and Rasanjana (Berberis extract), and applying as a paste, hair growth occurs even on the palms of the hands.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

Therefore, one should prepare a decoction of Sariva (Hemidesmus indicus), Lodhra (Symplocos racemosa), Trivrit (Operculina turpethum), and Gajapippali (Scindapsus officinalis, elephant pepper) and drink the water for pacifying vaginal pruritus.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 22: Vaginal Pruritus (Yoni Kandu)

Shalaka (probe) instruments are of many types and uses — some with hooked ends like elephant goads, some with loops, designed for extracting foreign bodies from bone and deeply embedded objects (14).

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 7: Yantra Vidhi Adhyaya - Blunt Instruments

With honey, elephant tusk ash, sea-sediment, and shirisha flowers as well — this anjana with ghee and honey is the medicine for sirotpata (vascular rupture of the eye).

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 17: Drishtigata Roga Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Diseases of Vision / Drishti Roga)

The droppings of vultures and owls, elephant nails, ghee, and the hair of a bull should be used for fumigation (dhupana).

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 29: Skandapasmarapratishedha

The milks described are: cow's milk (gavya), goat's milk (aja), camel's milk (chaushtra), sheep's milk (avika), buffalo's milk (mahisha), mare's milk (ashvaya), woman's milk (narya), and elephant's milk (karenu) (verse 47).

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 45: Dravadravya-vidhi Adhyaya - On Liquid Substances

Surana (elephant yam) — pungent, light, Vata-and-Kapha-removing.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 46: Annapana-vidhi Adhyaya - On Food and Drink