Hārīta's Compendium of Medicine 2.8

English (machine translation) 2.8

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2.8.3 — 10 parts

2.8.1

Ātreya said:
Calotropis, catechu, flame-of-the-forest, jujube, coral tree,
dūrvā grass, śamī, kuśa grass, kāśa grass, pippala, the banyan tree,

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rose apple and mango, karahāṭa, somavṛkṣa, kalidruma,
red sandalwood and white sandalwood, jayantī, guruvṛkṣaka,

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sahacarī, white hogweed, the group of all-medicinal herbs, the pair of turmerics—
the whole class of firewood has been explained for the sacrifice with firewood.

Sandalwood, red sandalwood, gorocanā, turmeric, red ochre, neem, bael, kadamba, musk mixed with saffron, camphor, śrīparṇa, deodar, yellow sandalwood, padmaka, the two turmerics, kālīyaka, agarwood, rosewood, red gorocanā, palāśa: these are the perfumes; flowers of lotus, bael, holy basil, dūrvā grass, kuśa grass, jayantī, leaves of śamī, arka, flame-of-the-forest, karṇikāra, girikarṇikā, flowers of sahacara and ālūṣa, sprouts of rose apple and mango, kāñcanāra, pāṭalā, varvarī, agasti, kākāhrā, aśoka flower:

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Having constructed a vāstu mandala decorated with incense, lamps, and other ornaments, in order starting from the northeast direction,

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he should also worship the mandala of constellations. Having fully worshipped the Sun and the other planets in the middle of that small mandala,

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One should offer oblations with firewood sequentially. Then again, one should offer oblations with firewood smeared with curd, honey, and clarified butter, beginning with Aśvinī. With "Ā kṛṣṇena...", one offers this to Aśvinī with firewood of arka; with "Viṣṇor arāṭam asi...", to Bharaṇī with palāśa; with "Madhu mādhvī...", to Kṛttikā with badarī; with "Kāṇḍāt kāṇḍāt...", one should offer for Rohiṇī, Mṛgaśiras, Punarvasu, and the rest with firewood of pāribhadraka preceded by kuśa, [chanting] "Kāṇḍāt..."; with "Idaṃ devaḥ...", this to Puṣya with pippala firewood; with the seventy-fire mantra,

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to Āśleṣā with firewood of mango; with "Agni-mūrdhā divaḥ...", one should offer for Maghā with firewood of jambū; with [mantras beginning with] "Sadyojātam...", one should offer with karahāṭaka firewood preceded by [the customary] firewood; with "Tatpuruṣāya vidmahe...", to the three Uttarās with somavallī firewood; with "Namo ghorāya...", one should offer for Hasta with vibhītaka firewood; with "Namaḥ

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jyotiṣpataye...", one should offer for Citrā with raktasāra firewood; with "Namo devāya namo jyeṣṭhāya...",'

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one should make an oblation for Svātī with sandalwood firewood; for Viśākhā,

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one should offer with udumbara and jayantī firewood; with "Bṛhate...", for the Lord of the Yadus, one should offer for Anurādhā with firewood of the guru tree;

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for Jyeṣṭhā with this [mantra] and firewood of sahacarī; one praises the desired Mūla with "Kāṇḍāt kāṇḍāt..." and firewood of śatāvarī;

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for Pūrvāṣāḍhā and Uttarāṣāḍhā with firewood of the two night-herbs [haridrā and dāruharidrā]; for Śravaṇa with "Madhu vātāḥ..." and udumbara firewood; with "Tryambakam...", one should offer for the Vāsava [nakṣatra, Dhaniṣṭhā] and the rest with firewood of bilva. One should make

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the final oblation with clarified butter. Having established the nine planets, one should offer in a square sacrificial pit. After that, one should perform an ablution bath. Having robed the patient in white garments, invested him with the sacred thread, and blessed him with the Vedas and the like, one should make gifts of cows, land, cloth, gold, and so forth. When this rite is duly performed, complete pacification results.

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Thus ends the seventh chapter, named "The Rule of Oblations," in the Second Section of the later [compendium] of Hārīta, spoken by Ātreya.

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