Agnipurana 298

English (machine translation) 298

Language: English

298.10 — 1 part
298.20 — 3 parts
298.32 — 1 part
298.42 — 3 parts
298.50 — 3 parts
298.51 — 3 parts

298.1

Agni said: / I shall declare the pediatric tantra that crushes seizures affecting children and others. / Now, on the day of birth, a sinful female seizing spirit seizes the infant.

298.2

Agitation of the limbs, refusal of food, and various twistings of the neck / are her symptomatic actions; one should offer a sacrificial offering to the Mothers.

298.3

With fish, meat, liquor, edible offerings, fragrant garlands, incense, and lamps [one should make offerings], / and anoint [the child] with dhātakī, lodhra, mañjiṣṭhā, tāla, and sandalwood.

298.4

Incense [should be made] with bdellium. On the second night, the seizing spirit is Bhauṣaṇī; / her symptoms are cough, sighs, and constant flexing of the limbs.

298.5

One should anoint [the infant] with goat's urine mixed with pippalī, uśīra, apāmārga, and sandalwood, / fumigate with cow-horn, cow-teeth, and cow-hair, and offer the sacrificial offering as before.

298.6

On the third night the seizing spirit is Ghaṇṭālī; her symptoms are frequent crying, / yawning, sound-producing terror, agitation of the limbs, and loss of appetite.

One should anoint [the infant] with saffron, collyrium, and teeth of cows and elephants mixed with goat's milk; / one should fumigate with tiger-claws and bilva leaves, and offer the sacrificial offering.

298.8

The fourth seizing spirit is Kākolī; [the symptoms are] agitation of the limbs, vomiting, / spitting of froth, and staring into space. The sacrificial offering is made with boiled coarse grain mixed with liquor.

298.9

Anointment is done with elephant tusk, cast snake-skin, and horse urine; / one should fumigate with mustard seed, neem leaves, and washed hair.

298.10

The fifth is Haṃsādhikā, possessing yawning, panting, and upward-turned eyes;

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clenched fists are also her symptom; one should offer a sacrificial offering of fish and the like.

298.11

One should anoint the child with meṣaśṛṅgī, balā, lodhra, realgar, and orpiment. / The sixth seizing spirit is Phaṭkārī, causing fear, stupor, and weeping.

298.12

Refusal of food and convulsive twitching of the limbs [occur]; one should offer a sacrificial offering with fish and the like, / along with incense and unguents made with mustard, guggulu, kuṣṭha, elephant tusk, and the like.

298.13

On the seventh [day], afflicted by Muktakeśī, [the child exhibits] foul odor, excessive yawning, / exhaustion, weeping, and cough; fumigation is done with tiger-claws, and one should anoint [the infant].

298.14

With sweet flag, cow dung, and cow urine [one makes an unguent]. On the eighth [day] the seizing spirit is Śrīdaṇḍī; / staring in all directions, darting of the tongue, coughing, and weeping [are her signs].

298.15

The sacrificial offering is just as before with fish and the like. For the fumigation and unguent: cinnabar, / sweet flag, white mustard, and garlic. The great seizing spirit is Ūrdhvagrāhī.

298.16

Agitation, upward sighing, and biting one's own two fists [are the symptoms]; / one should fumigate and anoint the child with red sandalwood, kuṣṭha, and the like.

298.17

Fumigation is done with monkey hair and nails. On the tenth [day] the seizing spirit is Rodanī; / her symptoms are continual weeping, a fragrant scent, and bluish complexion.

298.18

Fumigation is with neem; one should anoint with bhūtakeśī, ugrā, mustard, and sāla resin. / One should offer the sacrificial offering outside, consisting of parched grain, boiled coarse grain, and curds mixed with rice.

298.19

Such rites of fumigation and the rest should continue up to the thirteenth day. / The seizing spirit Pūtanāsaṅkulī seizes the one-month-old infant.

298.20

Crying like a crow, gasping, the smell of urine, and closing of the eyes [are her signs]; / bathing him in cow urine and fumigating him with cow tooth [is the cure].

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[Footnote]

298.20.p2

1. “dhūpadīpe ca” in manuscript ṭa.

298.20.p3

2. “karakodanam” in manuscript kha.

298.21

One should offer yellow cloth, red garlands and scents, an oil lamp, / three kinds of milk-rice, liquor, and sesame with black gram, of four kinds.

298.22

Beneath a karañja tree in the southern quarter, one should present the sacrificial offering with these for seven days. / At two months, [the spirit is] Mukuṭā; the body becomes cold and chilled,

298.23

there is vomiting, dryness of the mouth and the like, [and one offers] fragrant flowers, garments, / sweet cakes, boiled rice, a lamp, dark-colored water, and incense.

298.24

At the third [month, the spirit is] Gomukhī; [the symptoms are] sleepiness, weeping accompanied by excretion of feces and urine; / [the offerings are] barley, priyaṅgu, meat, boiled coarse grain, vegetables, and boiled rice.

298.25

One should offer milk in the east, and at midday fumigation with clarified butter; / the bath is made with the five broken twigs. In the fourth [month, the spirit is] Piṅgalā, destroying comfort;

298.26

the body is cold, has a foul smell, and emaciation occurs; he surely dies. / The fifth is Lalanā; there is exhaustion of the limbs and dryness of the mouth,

298.27

and the downward breath and stool are yellow; one should make a sacrificial offering with fish and the like in the south. / At six months, [the spirit is] Paṅkajā; her symptoms are weeping and an altered voice;

298.28

the sacrificial offering is made with fish, meat, liquor, cooked rice, flowers, scents, and the like. / In the seventh [month, the child is] without appetite, foul-smelling, and suffers tooth pain;

298.29

the sacrificial offering is made with flour cakes, meat, and liquor. In the eighth [month, the spirit is] Yamunā; / pustules, wasting, and other symptoms occur; one should not attempt its treatment.

298.30

In the ninth [month], afflicted by Kumbhakarṇī, the infant has fever and vomits milk, / and cries; the sacrificial offering is made in the northwest quarter with meat, boiled coarse grain, liquor, and the like.

298.31

In the tenth [month, the spirit is] Tāpasī; the symptoms are refusal of food and closing of the eyes; / a bell, a banner, [an image] made of dough, liquor, and meat constitute the sacrificial offering on level ground.

298.32

In the eleventh [month, the affliction is by] Rākṣasī; [it affects] the eyes and the like; it is not to be treated.

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In the twelfth [month, the spirit is] Cañcalā; gasping, terror, and other strange behaviors occur;

298.33

the sacrificial offering is given in the eastern quarter at midday with boiled coarse grain, sesame, and the like. / In the second year, [the spirit is] Yātanā, causing torment, weeping, and the like.

298.34

The sacrificial offering is with sesame, meat, liquor, and flesh; bathing and other rites are as before. / In the third year, [the spirit is] Rodanī; trembling, crying, and bloody urine [are the symptoms].

298.35

Boiled rice with jaggery, sesame cakes, an effigy made of sesame paste, / a sesame bath with leaves of five plants, and fumigation with the bark of rājaphala [are prescribed].

298.36

In the fourth [year, the spirit is] Caṭakā; swelling, fever, and exhaustion of all limbs [occur]; / the sacrificial offering is made with fish, meat, sesame, and the like, along with bathing and fumigation.

298.37

In the fifth year, [the spirit is] Cañcalā; fever, terror, and exhaustion of limbs [occur]; / the sacrificial offering is with meat, boiled rice, and the like, and fumigation is with meṣaśṛṅgī.

298.38

Water infused with leaves of palāśa, udumbara, aśvattha, vaṭa, and bilva should be applied. / In the sixth year, [the spirit is] Dhāvanī; wasting, bad taste in the mouth, and exhaustion of limbs [occur].

298.39

For seven days the sacrificial offerings should be as before, with fumigation and bathing with the five twig-leaves. / In the seventh year, [the spirit is] Yamunā; vomiting, muteness, laughter, and weeping [occur].

298.40

The sacrificial offering is with meat, milk-rice, liquor, and the like, together with bathing and fumigation. / In the eighth year, [the spirit is] Jātavedā; refusal of food and excessive weeping [occur].

298.41

The sacrificial offering is with kṛśarā, cakes, curd, and the like, along with bathing and fumigation. / In the ninth year of time, [the symptoms are] thrashing of the arms, roaring, and terror.

298.42

The sacrificial offering should consist of kṛśarā, sweet cakes, roasted grain flour, boiled coarse grain, and milk-rice. / In the tenth year, [the spirit is] Kalahaṃsī; burning sensation, emaciation of limbs, and fever [occur].

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[Footnote]

298.42.p2

1. “vaivarṇyam” in manuscript ṭha.

298.42.p3

2. “bhāgakaiḥ” in manuscript kha.

298.43

For five nights one should offer a sacrificial offering of stuffed pastries, sweet cakes, and curd-rice; / fumigation is with neem, and anointing is with kuṣṭha. In the eleventh [year], the seizing spirit

298.44

is Devadūtī; harsh speech [is the symptom]; the sacrificial offering, anointment, and the rest are as before. / In the twelfth [year, the spirit is] Balikā; the sacrificial offering, anointment, and the rest are as before.

298.45

On the thirteenth [day], Vāyavī [seizes], causing affliction of the face and external limbs. / One should offer a tribute with red rice, fragrant substances, garlands, and the like, and bathe [the child] with [water infused with] five leaves.

298.46

Fumigation is done with mustard and its leaves. On the fourteenth, a Yakṣiṇī [seizes]; / [the symptoms are] spasms, colic, fever, and a burning sensation. Tribute consists of meat, food, and the like;

298.47

bathing and the rest are as before for pacification. On the fifteenth, Muṇḍikā causes distress; / her symptoms are continual discharge of blood. One should perform the treatment for Mothers.

298.48

On the sixteenth, Vānarī [seizes]: [the child] falls to the ground, sleeps [excessively], and constantly has fever. / A tribute of milk-rice and the like [is given] for three nights, and bathing and the rest are as before.

298.49

On the seventeenth, Gandhavatī [seizes]: trembling of the limbs and weeping [occur]. / Tribute consists of boiled mash and the like; bathing, fumigation, anointing, and the rest are as before.

298.50

The rulers of the days are named Pūtanās; the rulers of the years are the Sukumārikās.

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Om, homage to all the Mothers! Consume, consume the affliction of the child! / Split, split, burst, burst, flash, flash, seize, seize, / drag, drag! Thus one of perfected form commands. O Hari, O Hari, / make free from blemish, free from blemish, the girl, the boy, the woman, or the man / from the attack of all seizing spirits!

298.50.p2

Homage to Goddess Cāmuṇḍā! Hrūṃ hrūṃ hrīṃ! Dispel, dispel / the evil spirits, hrūṃ! Thus, may the Gṛhyakas depart elsewhere, / [to another] path; Rudra commands!

298.50_2

This mantra is effective for all desires in cases of all seizing spirits of children.

298.50.p3

Om, homage to the Blessed Lady Cāmuṇḍā! Release, release the tribute or the young girl!

298.51

Take the tribute, take! Conquer, conquer! Abide, abide! / This mantra, which affords protection, is recited everywhere in the offering of tribute: / 'May Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Skanda, the Fair One, Gaurī, Lakṣmī, the Gaṇas, and the rest / protect [the child] afflicted with fever, and release the young boy!'

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