Agnipurana 264

English (machine translation) 264

Language: English

264.1 — 3 parts
264.12 — 2 parts
264.18 — 3 parts

264.1

Agni said: / Listen to the pacifying bath that accomplishes all aims, which I shall explain. / A wise person should bathe Viṣṇu and the planets on a riverbank;

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1. "saurabheyāḥ" thus in manuscripts ka, gha, cha, and ña.

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2. "puṣparāśayaḥ" thus in manuscripts ja and ṭa. / [Page 467]

264.2

in a temple when suffering from fever and the like, or afflicted by Vināyaka and seizing spirits; / in a pool for one desiring knowledge; in the home or at a sacred ford for one desiring victory.

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One should bathe a woman whose fetus miscarries in a lotus pond; / she whose child perishes upon birth should bathe in the vicinity of an aśoka tree.

For those desiring flowers, [the bath should be] in a place rich in flowers, and in the ocean for those desiring a son; / for all who desire household good fortune, it should be in the presence of Viṣṇu.

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Under the asterism of Viṣṇu [Śravaṇā], or Revatī and Puṣya, a bath is supreme for all. / For one desiring a bath, anointing [the body] seven days prior is prescribed.

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Punar-navā, rocanā, śatāṅga, heavy bark, / madhūka, the two kinds of turmeric, tagara, nāgakeśara,

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ambarī, mañjiṣṭhā, māṃsī, and rubs of yāsaka, / priyaṅgu, mustard, kuṣṭha, balā, brāhmī, saffron,

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and the five products of the cow mixed with barley meal: rubbing [with these], one should perform the bath. / In a maṇḍala, in its pericarp, one should worship Viṣṇu and a Brahmin.

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On the right [and] on the left, first Hara, and on the petal, beginning with the east in succession, / one should draw Indra and the other gods, with their weapons and their retinues.

264.10

One should make bath-maṇḍalas in the directions and in the intermediate directions. / Having worshipped Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Īśa, Śakra, and the others, and their weapons, one should offer fire oblations.

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One hundred and eight firewood sticks, sesamum, and ghee for each one. / The jars that increase prosperity are Bhadra, Subhadra, Siddhārtha,

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Amogha, Citrabhānu, Parjanya, and Sudarśana. / One should set up these under a banyan tree, along with the two Aśvins, the Rudras, and the host of the Maruts:

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[Footnote]

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[Footnote 1: "with their vehicles" in manuscripts gha and ja. Page 468]

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"May the Viśvedevas, likewise the Daityas, the Vasus, and the sages, / and likewise the other deities, enter [here] well pleased."

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One should place medicinal herbs into the jar: jayantī, vijayā, jayā, / śatāvarī, śatapuṣpā, viṣṇukrāntā, aparājitā,

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jyotiṣmatī, atibalā, sandalwood, uśīra, kesara, / musk, camphor, bālaka, leaf, bark,

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nutmeg, clove, earth, and the five products of the cow. / Stationed on an auspicious seat, the subject should be forcibly bathed by the twice-born.

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There are separate homa-offerers for the gods stated in the royal consecration mantra. / Then, having offered the full oblation, he should give a sacrificial fee to the guru.

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Indra, consecrated by his guru in ancient times, indeed slew the Daityas. / The bath of the guardians of the directions has been declared, bringing victory and the like in battle and other [ventures].

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Thus in the great Purāṇa of Agni, the two hundred and sixty-fourth chapter, entitled "The Bath of the Guardians of the Directions and Others."

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Now, the two hundred and sixty-fifth chapter:

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The bath for Vināyaka.

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Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit

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