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Agnipurana 288

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288.1

A horse that has deficient teeth, is toothless, has protruding teeth, or has a black palate,

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or has a black tongue, is born a twin, or has congenital testicle abnormalities, / or has split hooves, or has horns, or is tri-colored, or tiger-colored,

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or is donkey-colored, ash-colored, congenital-colored, or has a hump on the palate, / or has white leprosy, or has a raven's walk, or has the strength of an ass,

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or has monkey-eyes, a black mane, or a black anus, / or a black muzzle, or is bristly, or resembles a partridge,

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or has uneven white legs, or is devoid of auspicious whorls, / or is endowed with inauspicious whorls, such a horse is to be shunned.

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Two whorls each on the nostrils and upper nostrils, two each on the crown of the head and the chest, / one on the seat of the saddle and one on the forehead, and two on the neck: these ten whorls are auspicious.

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Whorls at the corners of the mouth, on the forehead, at the base of the ears, at the throat, / at the base of the shoulders, and on the neck are excellent; other whorls are inauspicious.

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Those with the color of a parrot, an indragopa insect, or the moon, or resembling a crow, / golden-colored and glossy: these are always praiseworthy.

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Those with long necks, well-formed eye-sockets, and short ears are handsome.

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[Notes]

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1. Variant reading: "cikitsantave" in manuscript ña. / [Page 71]

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Where horses are monstrous, victory should be considered lost.

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A properly cared-for horse and elephant grant good fortune, but otherwise they bring sorrow. / For horses are the sons of Śrī, the Gandharvas; they are the supreme gem.

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In the horse-sacrifice, the steed is offered because of its purity. / Malabar nut, neem, the two nightshades, guḍūcī, together with honey,

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siṃhī, gandhakārī, piṇḍī, and fomentation of the head; / asafetida, costus root, dry ginger, with sour wild cane,

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combined with long pepper and rock salt, taken with warm water, cures colic. / Dry ginger, aconite, nut grass, together with anantā and the garland of bilva,

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the horse should drink a decoction of these: it cures all forms of diarrhea. / Boiled goat's milk combined with priyaṅgu and sārivā,

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drunk with sufficient sugar, frees the horse from exhaustion. / An oil enema should be administered to the horse in a trough,

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and the vein arising from the belly should be pierced; by that, relief will come to it. / Pomegranate, the three fruits, the three spices, and jaggery in equal portions:

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this bolus should be given to destroy cough in horses. / The horse should drink the juice of Malabar nut with priyaṅgu, lodhra, and honey,

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or milk cooked with the five spices: then it is indeed freed from cough. / In all cases of severe diarrhea, purgation is beneficial at first.

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Unction by massage and body-anointing, and the course of nasal drops and suppositories are taught. / For horses suffering from fever, the regimen consists of milk alone.

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The root of lodhra and leadwort, citron, leadwort, and dry ginger,

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[Notes]

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1. Variant reading: "rājñīturaṅgamā yatra" in manuscript kha.

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2. Variant reading: "ghṛtam" in manuscript kha. / [Page 72]

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with costus, asafetida, sweet flag, and rāsnā: this paste cures swellings.

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Indian madder, liquorice, raisins, the two nightshades, red sandalwood, / seeds and roots of cucumber, water chestnut, and kaśeruka:

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boiled in goat's milk, thoroughly cooled, and mixed with sugar, / when drunk by a horse that has fasted, frees it from bloody urinary disease.

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For swelling of the veins situated in the nape of the neck, jaw, and throat, known as galagraha, / massage with pungent mustard oil is praised in those very conditions.

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In the disease galagraha, swelling occurs mostly in the region of the throat. / Chaff-flower, as well as leadwort, rock salt, and basil juice:

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having administered a nasal medication with these together with black pepper and asafetida, it does not fail. / The two turmerics, jyotiṣmatī, pāṭhā, black pepper, costus, sweet flag, and honey:

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this paste mixed with jaggery and cow-urine is beneficial in stiffness of the tongue. / Sesame seeds, liquorice, turmeric, and neem leaves combined,

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made into a bolus with honey cleanses wounds; with ghee, it heals wounds. / Horses that limp due to injury and suffer severe pain

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have their pain quickly removed by irrigation with oil. / In wounds that have ripened and burst due to aggravation of the humors or injury, the wound regimen applies.

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With pastes of sacred fig, glomerous fig, wavy-leaved fig, madhūka, and banyan: //29

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a warm decoction with copious water cleanses wounds. / Dill, dry ginger, rāsnā, Indian madder, costus, and rock salt,

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deodar cedar, the two varieties of sweet flag, the two turmerics, and red sandalwood, / cooked in oil with a decoction of guḍūcī together with milk,

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[Footnote]

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[Variant: 'tilatailena' in ms. kha...] / [page 73]

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With anointing, enema, and nasal drops, it is to be applied in all cases to one suffering from symptoms. / Bleeding [should be induced] by leeches at the corner of the eye for one suffering from eye disease.

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And treatment [is performed] with a decoction of khādira, uḍumbara, and aśvattha; / with equal parts of dhātrī, durālabhā, tiktā, priyaṅgu, and saffron,

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and a paste made with guḍūcī is beneficial for one suffering from swelling of the joints. / And in case of a sprain, a stone [in the bladder], an ear discharge, and likewise an emaciated penis,

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and when the humour is swift-acting, an immediate splitting [or incision] is desired. / With cow dung, mañjiṣṭhā, kuṣṭha, turmeric, sesame seeds, and mustard,

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ground with cow urine, inunction destroys itching. / A cold decoction combined with honey and sugar, [applied] in the nostril,

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removes bleeding disorders when drunk, and likewise with aśvakarṇa. / Salt should be given to horses on every seventh day.

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Likewise, vāruṇī [liquor] should be given after eating to those that drink excessively. / In autumn, an after-drink [should be given] with vitalising sweet [herbs],

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combined with raisins and sugar, along with pippalī and lotus petals; / at the onset of winter, an after-drink for horses [should be prepared] with viḍaṅga, pippalī, coriander, śatāhvā, lodhra, rock salt,

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and with citraka; / with lodhra, priyaṅgu, mustā, pippalī, and ginger,

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along with honey, the after-drink in spring destroys phlegm; / with priyaṅgu, pippalī, lodhra, yaṣṭyāhva, akṣa, and ginger,

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in summer, wine with jaggery should be given as an after-drink.

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[Footnote]

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[Variant: 'vedhanam iṣyate' in mss. ja and ña...] / [page 74]

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Lodhra wood with salt, pippalī, and ginger—

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an after-drink prepared with these together with oil is [prescribed] at the onset of the monsoon. / Horses afflicted by pitta aggravated in summer, whose blood is replenished in autumn,

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and who suffer from loose stools in the rainy season, should drink ghee; / while horses that have an excess of phlegm and wind should drink oil.

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For those in whom disorders arise from oleation, drying therapy should be administered: / for three days there should be dry gruel, and food combined with buttermilk.

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Ghee [is recommended] in autumn and summer, and oil in the cold season and spring; / in the rainy season and dewy season, a combination of both is desired in an enema.

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Heavy, channel-blocking foods, physical exercise, bathing, and sunlight / are forbidden to a horse that has drunk oleaginous substance, except for fresh air.

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At the onset of the rains, a single bath and drink are prescribed for horses; / in excessively cloudy weather, a single drink is recommended.

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In season with moderate cold and sunshine, drinking twice and bathing once [is proper]; / in summer, drinking and bathing three times, and long immersion [in water].

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Four āḍhakas of husked barley should be given; / or one should give chickpeas, rice, green gram, or peas.

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And in a day and night, ten tulās of half-[dried] grass [should be given], / eight [tulās] of dry [grass] should be given, or four of chaff.

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Dūrvā destroys pitta, barley destroys cough, and chaff destroys accumulation of phlegm; / arjuna destroys shortness of breath, and likewise māna destroys loss of strength.

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Diseases born of wind, pitta, phlegm, and all three combined / will not afflict a horse that feeds on dūrvā grass.

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Two rope-bindings on both flanks [should be arranged] for vicious [horses], / and behind, a bow[-shaped cord] supported by distant pegs should be made.

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They should dwell in an enclosed stall, on grounds that have been fumigated, / where fodder is supplied, provided with lamps, and well guarded; / roosters, goats, monkeys, and deer should be kept in the horse stable.

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Thus ends the two hundred and eighty-eighth chapter, called The Medicine of Horses, in the Great Agni Purāṇa.

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Now begins the two hundred and eighty-ninth chapter:

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Pacification Rites for Horses.

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