[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.201 # Garudapurana 1.201 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.201 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.201.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.39) — 1 part ### [1.201.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 201 dhanvantariruvāca / hayāyurvedamākhyāsye hayaṃ sarvārthalakṣaṇam / kākatuṇḍaḥ kṛṣṇajihvo vṛkṣāsyaścoṣṇatālukaḥ // > The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 201. / Dhanvantari said: / I shall explain the veterinary medicine of horses, the horse with the marks of all objects: / one with a crow-like beak, a black tongue, a tree-like mouth, a hot palate, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.2) karālo hīnadantaśca śṛṅgī viraladantakaḥ / ekāṇḍaścaiva jātāṇḍaḥ kañcukī dvikhurī stanī // > one with dreadful teeth, deficient teeth, horns, sparse teeth, / one with a single testicle, congenital descended testicle, sloughing skin, cloven hooves, or teats, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.3) mārjārapādo vyāghrābhaḥ kuṣṭhavidradhisannibhaḥ / yamajo vāmanaścaiva mārjāraḥ kapilocanaḥ // > one with cat-like feet, tiger-like appearance, resembling leprosy or an abscess, / a twin, a dwarf, or one that is cat-like with brown eyes— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.4) etaddoṣī hayastyājya uttamo 'śvasturuṣkajaḥ / madhyamaḥ pañcahastaśca kanīyāṃśca trihastakaḥ // > a horse with these defects should be avoided. The best horse is born in Turkestan; / the middling one is five cubits \[in height\], and the inferior is three cubits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.5) asaṃhatā ye ca vāhā hrasvakarṇāstathaiva ca / śabalābhāḥ prabhāveṣu na dīnāścirajīvinaḥ // > Horses that are well-knit, short-eared, / dappled in appearance, of good vigor, not dejected, are long-lived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.6) revantapūjanāddhomādrakṣyāśca dvijabhājenāt / saralaṃ nimbapatrāṇi guggulaṃ sarṣapānghṛtam? // > Through the worship of Revanta, fire sacrifices, and the feeding of brāhmaṇas, they should be protected. / Pine, neem leaves, guggulu, mustard seeds, ghee, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.7) tilañcaiva vacāṃ higuṃ badhnīyādvājino gale / āgantujaṃ doṣajantu vraṇaṃ dvividhamīritam // > sesame, vacā, and asafetida one should bind around the neck of the steed. / Wounds are stated to be of two kinds: accidental and caused by bodily humors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.8) cirapākaṃ vātajantu śleṣmajaṃ kṣiprapākakam? / kaṇṭhadāhātmakaṃ pittācchoṇitānmandavedanam // > The wind-born \[wound\] takes a long time to suppurate, while the phlegm-born suppurates quickly; / that from bile produces burning in the throat; that from blood causes mild pain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.9) āgantujantu śastrādyairduṣṭavraṇaviśodhanam / eraṇḍamūlaṃ dviniśaṃ citrakaṃ viśvabheṣajam // > An accidental wound is caused by weapons and the like; for the cleansing of malignant wounds: / castor root, the two turmerics, plumbago root, dry ginger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.10) rasonaṃ saindhavaṃ vāpi takrakāñjikapoṣitam / tilasaktukapiṇḍikā dadhiyuktā sasaindhavā / nimbapatrayutaṃ piṇḍaṃ vraṇaśodhanaropaṇam // > garlic, or rock salt, steeped in buttermilk or sour gruel; / a bolus of sesame and roasted barley meal mixed with curds and rock salt, / combined with neem leaves, is a purifier and healer of wounds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.11) paṭolaṃ nimbapatrañca vacā citrakameva ca / pippalīśṛṅgaverañca cūrṇamekatra kārayet // > Paṭola, neem leaves, vacā, and plumbago, / pippalī, and fresh ginger—one should make a powder of these together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.12) etatpānātkrimiśleṣmamandānilavināśanam / nimbapatraṃ paṭo lañca triphalā khadiraṃ tathā // > From drinking this, worms, phlegm, and sluggish digestive fire are destroyed. / Neem leaves, paṭola, triphalā, and khadira— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.13) kvāthayitvā tato vāhaṃ sṛtaraktaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ / tryahameva pridātavyaṃ hayakuṣṭhopaśāntaye // > having boiled these, the wise person should then give \[the decoction\] for three days / to the horse whose blood has been let, for the alleviation of equine skin diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.14) savraṇeṣu ca kuṣṭheṣu tailaṃ sarṣapajaṃ hitam / laśunādikaṣāyaśca pānabhuktyupaśāntaye // > And in skin diseases with ulcers, mustard oil is beneficial; / and a decoction of garlic and the like for drinking and food brings alleviation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.15) mātuluṅgarasopetaṃ māṃsīnāṃ rasakena vā / sadyo dadyāttatra nasyamanyairvātaiḥ susaṃyutaiḥ // > Combined with citron juice or with the juice of spikenard, / one should immediately administer nasal drops there for other disorders well combined with wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.16) paladvayaṃ prathame 'hni ekaikapalavṛddhitaḥ / yāvaddināni pūrṇāni palānyaṣṭādaśottame // > Two palas on the first day, increasing by one pala each day, / until the days are complete: eighteen palas for the best \[horse\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.17) adhame 'ṣṭapalāni syurmadhyame syuścaturdaśa / śarannidāghayornaivadeyaṃ naiva tu dāpayet // > eight palas would be for the inferior, and fourteen for the middling. / One should never give it in autumn or summer, nor cause it to be given. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.18) tailena vātike roge śarkarājyapayonvitaiḥ / kaṭutailaiḥ kaphe vyoṣaiḥ pitte catriphalāmbubhiḥ // > With oil in a wind disease; accompanied by sugar, ghee, and milk / \[or\] pungent oils with the three spices in phlegm; and with triphalā water in bile. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.19) śāliṣaṣṭikadugdhāśī hayo hina jugupsitaḥ / pakvajambūnibho hemavarṇo 'śvo na jugupsitaḥ // > A horse that eats śāli rice, ṣaṣṭika rice, and milk is not blameworthy; / a horse resembling a ripe rose-apple or of golden color is not blameworthy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.20) ardhapraharaṇe dhurye gugguluṃ prāśayeddhayam / bhojayetpāyasaṃ dugdhaṃ satvaraṃ susthiro hayaḥ // > After half a watch, one should cause the draft horse to consume guggulu; / one should feed it rice milk and milk; the horse quickly becomes well-stabilized. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.21) vikāre bhojane dugdhaṃ śālyannaṃ vātale dadet / karṣamāṃsarasaiḥ pitte madhumudgarasājyakaiḥ // > In a disorder \[of digestion\], one should give milk and śāli rice as food in wind disorders; / in bile disorders, with a karṣa of meat broth, honey, mung-bean soup, and ghee; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.22) kaphe mudgānkulatthānvā kaṭutiktānkaphe haye / bādhirye vyādhite grāse tridoṣādau tu gugguluḥ // > in phlegm disorders, mung beans or horse gram, pungent and bitter remedies for the horse in phlegm; / in deafness, sickness of bite, and in the vitiation of the three humors, guggulu \[is prescribed\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.23) ghāsairdūrvā sarvaroge prathame 'hni palaṃ dadet / vivardhayettataḥ karṣamekāhni palapañcakam // > In all diseases, with fodder, one should give a pala of dūrvā grass on the first day; / thereafter, one should increase it by a karṣa daily up to five palas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.24) pāne ca bhojane caiva aśītipalakaṃ param / madhye ṣaṣṭiścādhameṣu catvāriṃśacca bhogiṣu // > In drink and in food, eighty palas is the highest \[dose\]; / in the middling sixty, and in the lowest forty for those receiving it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.25) vraṇe kuṣṭheṣu khañjeṣu triphalākvāthasaṃyutam / mandāgnau śotharoge ca gavāṃ mūtreṇa yojitam // > In \[cases of\] ulcer, skin disease, and lameness, \[it should be\] combined with a decoction of triphalā; / and in sluggish digestion and dropsy, \[it should be\] combined with cow's urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.26) vātapitte vraṇe vyādhau gokṣīraṃ ghṛtasaṃyutam / deyaṃ kṛśānāṃ puṣṭyarthaṃ māṃsairyuktaṃ ca bhojanam // > In wind-bile \[disorders\], ulcer, and disease, cow's milk with ghee / should be given; and for the nourishment of emaciated \[horses\], food mixed with meat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.27) supiṣṭāyāḥ pradātavyaṃ guḍūcyāḥ palapañcakam / prabhāte ghṛtasaṃyuktaṃ śaradgīṣme ca vājinām // > Five palas of well-ground guḍūcī / mixed with ghee should be given in the morning to horses in autumn and summer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.28) rogaghnaṃ puṣṭidaṃ cāpi balatejovivardhanam / tadevāśvāyadātavyaṃ kṣīrayuktamathāpi vā // > It destroys disease, gives nourishment, and increases strength and vigour; / that very \[preparation\] may also be given to a horse mixed with milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.29) guḍūcīkalpayogena śatāvaryaśvagandhayoḥ / catvāri trīṇi madhyasya jaghanyasya palāni hi // > In the formulation of guḍūcī, and of śatāvarī and aśvagandhā: / four \[palas are given\] to the medium \[horse\], and three palas to the lowest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.30) akasmādyatra vāhānāmekarūpaṃ yadā bhavet / mriyate ca yadā kṣipramupasargaṃ tamādiśet // > Where horses suddenly develop a uniform \[illness\] / and die rapidly, one should declare that to be an epidemic. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.31) homādyai rakṣayā viprabhojanairbalikarmaṇā / śāntyopasargaśāntiḥ syāddharītakyādikalpataḥ // > By oblation-rites and the like, by protective amulets, by feeding brāhmaṇas, by offering bali, / and through appeasement rites, the epidemic is quelled; \[and also\] through formulations of harītakī and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.32) harītakī gavāṃ mūtraistailena lavaṇānvitā / ādau pañca tataḥ pañca vṛddhyā pūrṇaśatāvadhi / uttamā ca śataṃ mātrāstvaśītiḥ ṣaṣṭireva vā // > Harītakī with cow's urine, oil, and salt, / beginning with five \[fruits\] and increasing by five each time up to a full hundred: / one hundred is the highest dose, eighty \[the medium\], or sixty \[the lowest\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.33) gajāyurvedamākhyāsye uktāḥ kalpā gaje hitāḥ / gaje caturguṇā mātrāstābhirgajarugardanaḥ // > I shall expound the medicine of elephants: the formulations described are beneficial for an elephant; / for an elephant the doses are quadrupled; by them diseases of elephants are subdued. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.34) gajo pasargavyādhīnāṃ śamanaṃ śāntikarma ca / pūjayitvā surānviprānratnairgāṃ kapilāṃ dadet // > For the pacification of an elephant's epidemic diseases and as an appeasement rite, / having worshipped the gods and the brāhmaṇas, one should give a tawny cow with jewels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.35) dantidantadvaye mālāṃ nibandhīyādupoṣitaḥ / mantreṇa mantritānvaidyairvacāsiddhārthakāṃstathā // > Having fasted, one should bind a garland around the two tusks of the elephant, / as well as vacā and white mustard consecrated with mantras by physicians. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.36) sūryādiśivadurgāśrīviṣṇvarcā rakṣayedgajam / baliṃ dadyācca bhūtebhyaḥ snāpayecca caturghaṭaiḥ // > Worship of Sūrya and the other \[planets\], Śiva, Durgā, Śrī, and Viṣṇu protects the elephant; / and one should offer bali to the spirits and bathe \[it\] with four jars \[of water\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.37) bhojanaṃ mantritaṃ dadyādbhasmanoddhūnayedgajamam / bhūtarakṣā śubhā medhyā vāraṇaṃ rakṣayetsadā // > One should give food consecrated with mantras and dust the elephant with sacred ashes; / an auspicious, purifying spirit-warding rite should constantly protect the elephant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.38) triphalāpañcakole ca daśamūlaṃ viḍaṅgakam / śatāvarīguḍūcī ca nimbavāsakakiṃśukāḥ // > Triphalā, the five pungents, the ten roots, viḍaṅga, / śatāvarī, guḍūcī, nimba, vāsaka, and kiṃśuka— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.39) gajarogavināśāya hito rūkṣaḥ kaṣāyakaḥ / āyurvedadvayoktānāmuktaṃ saṃkṣepasārataḥ // > an unctuous-free decoction \[of these\] is beneficial for destroying elephant diseases. / What was taught in the two Āyurvedas has thus been stated in condensed essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.201.39.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201.39.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe gajāśvāyurvedanirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section entitled Pūrvakhaṇḍa, in the Ācārakāṇḍa, the two hundred and first chapter, entitled 'Exposition of the Medicine of Elephants and Horses'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.201.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Yogavāsiṣṭha (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.yogavasistha*vulgate.7.201.36_1) — Sanskrit - [Varāhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.200.122) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Aśvavaidyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.asva.asvavaidyaka.49.3) — Jayadatta Sūri, Sanskrit - [Lakṣaṇaprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.laksanaprakasa.7.p30.3) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.201) · Pramāṇa