Agnipurana 282

English (machine translation) 282

Language: English

282.8 — 4 parts
282.20 — 1 part
282.31 — 2 parts
282.42 — 2 parts
282.51 — 6 parts

282.1

Dhanvantari said:
Bṛhatī, śaṭī, the two kinds of turmeric, and kutaja—drinking a decoction of these / is commended for all kinds of diarrhea in a child, and for disorders caused by [vitiated] mother's milk.

282.2

One should lick karkaṭaśṛṅgī combined with pippalī and ativiṣā, pulverized and mixed with honey; / and ativiṣā alone cures cough, vomiting, and fever in a child.

282.3

Vacā mixed with ghee, or with milk, or accompanied by oil, should be taken by children. / Or a child should drink yaṣṭīmadhu or śaṅkhapuṣpī combined with milk.

282.4

The child's longevity, intellect, prosperity, and wealth of eloquence and beauty will increase. / Vacā, agniśikhā, vāsā, ginger, pippalī, turmeric, and kuṣṭha,

282.5

along with yaṣṭīmadhu and rock salt, a child should drink in the morning to produce intellect. / A decoction of devadāru, mahāśigru, the three fruits (triphalā), and mustā,

282.6

[or] a paste of them with pippalī and raisins, removes all worms. / [A preparation] processed in the juices of triphalā, bhṛṅgarāja, and ginger, along with honey and ghee,

282.7

and mixed with ewe's milk and cow's urine, is beneficial in childhood diseases. / Juice of dūrvā grass administered as an errhine is the best here for stopping nasal hemorrhage.

282.8

The juice of garlic, ginger, and śigru is used for filling the ear; / or an oil prepared with fresh ginger relieves earache and removes diseases of the lips.

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[Footnote]

282.8.p2

1. In manuscript kha, "siṃhī ṣaṣṭī".

282.8.p3

2. Here, the masculine inflection in 'śūlahā' is an archaic (ārṣa) usage.

282.8.p4

3. In manuscript ña, "mūtrahā śoṣaroganud". / [Page 44]

282.9

Jasmine leaf, nut-meg, the three pungents, [used as] a mouth rinse with cow's urine and turmeric; / oil processed in a decoction of milk with a paste of harītakī removes toothache.

282.10

Coriander water, coconut water, and cow's urine with betel nut and dry ginger, / boiled and used as a gargle, should be applied to pacify ranula (adhijihvikā).

282.11

Oil prepared with a paste of lāṅgalī in the juice of nirguṇḍī / destroys cervical lymphadenitis and goiter by means of an errhine procedure.

282.12

With tender leaves of arka, pūtīka, snuhī, karañja, and jātī / together with cow's urine, one should perform anointment, which cures all skin diseases.

282.13

Bākučī eaten with sesame destroys leprosy after one year. / But a paste-ball of harītakī, bhallātaka, oil, and jaggery conquers leprosy.

282.14

Buttermilk combined with powder of pūtīka, citraka, turmeric, triphalā, and the three pungents / should be drunk for piles, or harītakī eaten with jaggery.

282.15

A decoction of the three fruits, dāruharidrā, and ativiṣā, or āmalakī juice, / or a paste of turmeric should be drunk with honey by one suffering from urinary disorder (prameha).

282.16

A decoction of vyādhighāta (āragvadha) containing a paste of vāsā, mixed with castor oil / and drunk, cures gout (vātarakta); pippalī removes splenic disease.

282.17

Pippalī soaked many times in the milky latex of snuhī should be taken by one with abdominal enlargement, / or milk combined with the paste of pleasing dantī, citraka, viḍaṅga, and the three pungents.

282.18

Pippalīmūla, vacā, harītakī, and pippalī smeared with viḍaṅga and kept in ghee, / [taken] with meat soup and buttermilk, cures sprue, piles, anemia, abdominal tumors, and worms.

282.19

A decoction of the three fruits, guḍūcī, vāsā, and kirātatikta / mixed with honey destroys anemia along with jaundice.

282.20

One suffering from internal hemorrhage should drink the juice of vāsā with sugar and honey,

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or milk separately prepared with śatāvarī, grapes, balā, and dry ginger.

282.21

Śatāvarī, vidārī, harītakī, the three kinds of balā along with vāsā, / and gokṣura—one suffering from consumption should lick these with honey and ghee.

282.22

The bark-pith of harītakī, śigru, karañja, and arka, with honey and rock salt, / along with cow's urine, cures abscess; expertly applied, it brings about suppuration.

282.23

Trivṛt, jīvantī, dantī, mañjiṣṭhā, the two kinds of turmeric, / rasāñjana, and neem leaves—a plaster [of these] is commended in fistula-in-ano.

282.24

A cloth wick smeared with goat's milk and honey, along with the powder of āragvadha, turmeric, and lac, / should be applied to a wound to purify it and destroy sinus tracts.

282.25

Oil boiled with milk, along with priyaṅgu, yaṣṭīmadhu, turmeric, lodhra, padmaka, blue lotus, sandalwood, / and black pepper, brings about the healing of wounds.

282.26

Ash of sacred cotton leaves, bibhītaka, and rock salt, along with turmeric— / fomentation with that paste-ball in a copper vessel, with oil, is the medicine for cuts.

282.27

One should apply to a wound the pith of kumbhī mixed with milk, charred in fire; / [or] coconut powder mixed with ghee destroys the same when applied as an irrigation.

282.28

Harītakī combined equally with dry ginger, ajamodā, rock salt, and tamarind bark, / drunk with buttermilk or warm water, destroys diarrhea.

282.29

Water boiled with indrayava, ativiṣā, dry ginger, bael fruit, and mustā, / one should administer in acute or chronic diarrhea, and in colic accompanied by mucous and blood.

282.30

Burned on embers and purified, one should drink rock salt with warm water / when suffering from colic; or likewise that rock salt, asafoetida, pippalī, and harītakī.

282.31

Powder of kaṭukā, utpalikā, and puffed paddy steeped in honey,

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[Footnote]

282.31.p2

1. In manuscript ṭa, "kaṭurohotpalātaṅkalājacūrṇam". / [Page 46]

282.31_2

placed inside a cloth pouch and held in the mouth, destroys thirst.

282.32

Pāṭhā, dāruharidrā, jasmine leaf, grapes, root of [eranda?], and the three fruits, / prepared as a decoction and held as a gargle with honey, cures diseases of the mouth.

282.33

A decoction of pippalī, ativiṣā, tikta, indrayava, devadāru, pāṭhā, and mustā, / boiled in cow's urine and mixed with honey, removes all throat disorders.

282.34

A decoction of harītakī, gokṣura, yavāsa, āragvadha, and pāsāṇabheda, / drunk with honey, dispels painful micturition.

282.35

A decoction of bamboo bark and varuṇa destroys gravel and urinary calculi. / One drinking a decoction of śākhoṭaka with honey and living on milk will overcome elephantiasis.

282.36

Milk of arka, black gram, bark, milk, and oil, with beeswax and rock salt, / destroys foot disease; likewise ghee [processed with] jālakukkuṭa.

282.37

Powder of dry ginger, sauvarcala salt, and asafoetida, [taken with] ghee and ginger juice, / relieves pain; and know this decoction to be effective for rekindling suppressed digestive fire.

282.38

A patient suffering from abdominal tumor should drink buttermilk combined with the juices of / sauvarcala salt, citraka, asafoetida, and ajamodā, or mixed with viḍa salt and ajamodā.

282.39

A decoction of āmalakī, paṭola, and mudga beans, with ghee, cures erysipelas. / Another [remedy] is a decoction of ginger, devadāru, and fresh milk, combined with cow's urine.

282.40

A decoction of the three fruits with the three pungents, iron powder, and alkali relieves dropsy; / as does jaggery, śigru, and trivṛt combined with the powder of rock salt.

282.41

A decoction of trivṛt and [harītakī] fruit with jaggery serves as a purgative. / Milk prepared from a decoction of vacā and madana fruit causes vomiting.

282.42

One hundred palas of triphalā, each separately macerated in bhṛṅgarāja juice,

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[Footnote]

282.42.p2

1. In manuscripts ña and ṭa, "drākṣāmṛtaphalatrayaiḥ". / [Page 47]

282.42_2

combined with a tenth part of viḍaṅga and iron powder,

282.43

[and] one hundred and twenty palas each of śatāvarī, guḍūcī, and citraka, / one should lick with honey, ghee, and sesame oil: he is freed from wrinkles and gray hair,

282.44

and lives for a hundred years, completely free from all diseases. / Triphalā cures all diseases when accompanied by honey and sugar.

282.45

Likewise, triphalā mixed with sugar candy, honey, and ghee, along with pippalī. / Harītakī, citraka, dry ginger, guḍūcī, and powder of muśalī,

282.46

eaten with jaggery, cures diseases and makes one live three hundred years. / A little powder of hibiscus flower made into a ball should be placed in water.

282.47

The oil becomes like clarified butter; [and] a little powder mixed with water, / for the purpose of incense, appears wonderful together with the placenta of a cat.

282.48

Again, with the fumes of honey, it appears as it was before. / Oil of camphor, leech, and frog mixed with the root of pāṭalī,

282.49

having been ground and smeared on both feet, a man may walk upon burning coals, / tossing about grass, straw, and the like, showing indeed a wonder.

282.50

Destruction of poison, planetary afflictions, and diseases, small entertainments, and rituals performed according to desire: / that is declared to you as the six acts, which rest upon the two kinds of supernatural power.

282.51

Where mantras, meditation, talk of herbs, ritual gestures, worship, and medicinal handfuls [are taught], / the fruit of the four goals of life is declared; whoever recites it goes to heaven.