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Agni Purana — Chapter 278

AgP 278.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे पुरुवंशवर्णनं नाम सप्तसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२७८} :श् अथाष्टसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः सिद्धौषधानि अग्निर् उवाच आयुर्वेदं प्रवक्ष्यामि सुश्रुताय यमब्रवीत् देवो धन्वन्तरिः सारं मृतसञ्जीवनीकरं

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe puruvaṃśavarṇanaṃ nāma saptasaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {278} :ś athāṣṭasaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ siddhauṣadhāni agnir uvāca āyurvedaṃ pravakṣyāmi suśrutāya yamabravīt devo dhanvantariḥ sāraṃ mṛtasañjīvanīkaraṃ

Thus (ends) in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred and seventy-seventh chapter, called the description of the lineage of Puru. || Now the two hundred and seventy-eighth chapter: proven medicines. Agni said: I shall set forth the Āyurveda which the god Dhanvantari spoke to Suśruta — the essence, that which brings the dead back to life.

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AgP 278.2

सुश्रुत उवाच आयुर्वेदं मम ब्रूहि नराश्वेभरुगर्दनम् सिद्धयोगान्सिद्धमन्त्रान्मृतसञ्जीवनीकरान्

suśruta uvāca āyurvedaṃ mama brūhi narāśvebharugardanam siddhayogānsiddhamantrānmṛtasañjīvanīkarān

Suśruta said: Tell me the Āyurveda that dispels the diseases of men, horses and elephants — the proven preparations and the proven mantras that bring the dead back to life.

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AgP 278.3

धन्वन्तरिर् उवाच रक्षन् बलं हि ज्वरितं लङ्घितं भोजयेद्भिषक् सविश्वं लाजमण्डन्तु तृड्ज्वरान्तं शृतं जलम्

dhanvantarir uvāca rakṣan balaṃ hi jvaritaṃ laṅghitaṃ bhojayedbhiṣak saviśvaṃ lājamaṇḍantu tṛḍjvarāntaṃ śṛtaṃ jalam

Dhanvantari said: Guarding (the patient's) strength, the physician should feed the fevered man who has been made to fast; and thin gruel of parched grain with ginger, and boiled water, put an end to thirst and fever.

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AgP 278.4

मुस्तपर्पटकोशीरचन्दनोदीच्यनागरैः षडहे च व्यतिक्रान्ते तित्तकं पाययेद्ध्रुवं

mustaparpaṭakośīracandanodīcyanāgaraiḥ ṣaḍahe ca vyatikrānte tittakaṃ pāyayeddhruvaṃ

(He should give it) with musta, parpaṭaka, uśīra, sandal, udīcya and nāgara; and when six days have gone by he should assuredly make (him) drink a bitter (decoction).

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AgP 278.5

स्नेहयेत्तक्तदोषन्तु(१) ततस्तञ्च विरेचयेत् जीर्णाः षष्टिकनीवाररक्तशालिप्रमोदकाः

snehayettaktadoṣantu(1) tatastañca virecayet jīrṇāḥ ṣaṣṭikanīvāraraktaśālipramodakāḥ

He should oleate the bitter (i.e. accumulated) doṣa, and then purge it; old ṣaṣṭika rice, nīvāra, red śāli, and sweet cakes —

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AgP 278.6

तद्विधास्ते ज्वरेष्विष्टा यवानां विकृतिस् तथा मुद्गा मसूराश् च णकाः कुलत्थाश् च सकुष्ठकाः

tadvidhāste jvareṣviṣṭā yavānāṃ vikṛtis tathā mudgā masūrāś ca ṇakāḥ kulatthāś ca sakuṣṭhakāḥ

such things are desirable in fevers, and likewise preparations of barley: mung beans, lentils, chickpeas, and kulattha beans together with kuṣṭha.

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AgP 278.7

:न् १ पक्वदोषन्त्विति ञ॥ :प् २८ आटक्यो नारकाद्याश् च कर्कोटककतोल्वकम् पटोलं सफलं निम्बं पर्पटं दाडिमं ज्वरे

:n 1 pakvadoṣantviti ña.. :p 28 āṭakyo nārakādyāś ca karkoṭakakatolvakam paṭolaṃ saphalaṃ nimbaṃ parpaṭaṃ dāḍimaṃ jvare

[Note 1: 'pakvadoṣaṃ tu' in ms. ña. p. 28] Pigeon-pea, nāraka and the rest, karkoṭaka, katolvaka, paṭola with its fruit, nimba, parpaṭa and pomegranate (are good) in fever.

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AgP 278.8

अधोगे वमनं शस्तमूर्ध्वगे च विरेचनम् रक्तपित्ते तथा पानं षडङ्गं शुण्ठिवर्जितम्

adhoge vamanaṃ śastamūrdhvage ca virecanam raktapitte tathā pānaṃ ṣaḍaṅgaṃ śuṇṭhivarjitam

When (the doṣa) moves downward vomiting is commended, and purgation when it moves upward; in raktapitta likewise the six-ingredient drink, without dry ginger.

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AgP 278.9

शक्तुगोधूमलाजाश् च यवशालिमसूरकाः सकुष्ठचणका मुद्गा भक्ष्या गोधूमका हिताः

śaktugodhūmalājāś ca yavaśālimasūrakāḥ sakuṣṭhacaṇakā mudgā bhakṣyā godhūmakā hitāḥ

Barley-meal, wheat, parched grain, barley, śāli rice and lentils, chickpeas with kuṣṭha, mung beans, and wheat foods are beneficial to eat.

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AgP 278.10

साधिता घृतदुग्धाभ्यां क्षौद्रं वृषरसो मधु अतीसारे पुराणानां शालीनां भक्षणं हितं

sādhitā ghṛtadugdhābhyāṃ kṣaudraṃ vṛṣaraso madhu atīsāre purāṇānāṃ śālīnāṃ bhakṣaṇaṃ hitaṃ

(These) prepared with ghee and milk, honey, the juice of vṛṣa, honey; in diarrhoea the eating of old śāli rice is beneficial.

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AgP 278.11

अनभिष्यन्दि यच्चान्नं लोध्रवल्कलसंयुतम् मारुतं वर्जयेद् यत्नः कार्यो गुल्मेषु सर्वथा

anabhiṣyandi yaccānnaṃ lodhravalkalasaṃyutam mārutaṃ varjayed yatnaḥ kāryo gulmeṣu sarvathā

And food that does not cause congestion, combined with lodhra bark; he should avoid wind — in cases of abdominal tumour (gulma) effort should be made in every way.

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AgP 278.12

वाट्यं क्षीरेण चाश्नीयाद्वास्तूकं घृतसाधितं गोधूमशालयस्तिक्ता हिता जठरिणामथ

vāṭyaṃ kṣīreṇa cāśnīyādvāstūkaṃ ghṛtasādhitaṃ godhūmaśālayastiktā hitā jaṭhariṇāmatha

And he should eat barley gruel with milk, and vāstūka greens cooked in ghee; wheat, śāli rice and bitter things are good for those with abdominal disease.

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AgP 278.13

गोधूमशालयो मुद्गा ब्रह्मर्क्षखदिरो ऽभया पञ्चकोलञ्जाङ्गलाश् च निम्बधात्र्यः पटोलकाः

godhūmaśālayo mudgā brahmarkṣakhadiro 'bhayā pañcakolañjāṅgalāś ca nimbadhātryaḥ paṭolakāḥ

Wheat, śāli rice, mung beans, brahmarkṣa, khadira, harītakī, the five pungents, the meats of dry-land animals, nimba, dhātrī and paṭola —

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AgP 278.14

मातुलङ्गरसाजातिशुष्कमूलकसैन्धवाः कुष्ठिनाञ्च तथा शस्तं पानार्थे खदिरोदकं

mātulaṅgarasājātiśuṣkamūlakasaindhavāḥ kuṣṭhināñca tathā śastaṃ pānārthe khadirodakaṃ

citron juice, jāti, dried radish, rock salt; and for lepers khadira water is likewise commended for drinking.

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AgP 278.15

मसूरसुद्गौ पेयार्थे भोज्या जिर्णाश् च शालयः निम्बपर्पटकैः शाकैर् जाङ्गलानां तथा रसः

masūrasudgau peyārthe bhojyā jirṇāś ca śālayaḥ nimbaparpaṭakaiḥ śākair jāṅgalānāṃ tathā rasaḥ

Lentils and mung beans for gruel, and old śāli rice to be eaten, with nimba and parpaṭaka as greens, and likewise the broth of dry-land animals.

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AgP 278.16

विडङ्गं मरिचं मुस्तं कुष्ठं लोध्रं सुवर्चिका मनःशिला च वालेयः कुष्ठहा मूत्रपेषितः

viḍaṅgaṃ maricaṃ mustaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ lodhraṃ suvarcikā manaḥśilā ca vāleyaḥ kuṣṭhahā mūtrapeṣitaḥ

Viḍaṅga, pepper, musta, kuṣṭha, lodhra, suvarcikā, realgar and vāleya, ground in urine, destroy leprosy.

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AgP 278.17

अपूपकुष्ठकुल्माषयवाद्या मेहिनां हिताः यवान्नविकृतिर्मुद्गा कुलत्था जीर्णशालयः

apūpakuṣṭhakulmāṣayavādyā mehināṃ hitāḥ yavānnavikṛtirmudgā kulatthā jīrṇaśālayaḥ

Cakes, kuṣṭha, kulmāṣa, barley and the like are good for those with urinary disease (diabetes); preparations of barley food, mung beans, kulattha beans, old śāli rice,

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AgP 278.18

तिक्तरुक्षाणि शाकानि तिक्तानि हरितानि च :प् २९ तैलानि तिलशिग्रुकविभीतकेङ्गुदानि च

tiktarukṣāṇi śākāni tiktāni haritāni ca :p 29 tailāni tilaśigrukavibhītakeṅgudāni ca

bitter and dry vegetables, and bitter greens, [p. 29] and the oils of sesame, śigru, vibhītaka and iṅgudī.

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AgP 278.19

मुद्गाः सयवगोधूमा धान्यं वर्षस्थतञ्च यत् जाङ्गलस्य रसः शस्तो भोजने राजयक्ष्मिणां

mudgāḥ sayavagodhūmā dhānyaṃ varṣasthatañca yat jāṅgalasya rasaḥ śasto bhojane rājayakṣmiṇāṃ

Mung beans with barley and wheat, and grain that is a year old; the broth of dry-land animals is commended in the diet of those with consumption.

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AgP 278.20

कौलत्थमौद्गको रास्नाशुष्कमूलकजाङ्गलैः पूपैर् वा विस्करैः सिद्धैर् दधिदाडिमसाधितैः

kaulatthamaudgako rāsnāśuṣkamūlakajāṅgalaiḥ pūpair vā viskaraiḥ siddhair dadhidāḍimasādhitaiḥ

(One should feed him) with (dishes) of horse-gram and mung bean, with rāsnā, dried radish and the flesh of wild-land animals, or with cakes, or with cooked (meat of) scratching birds prepared with curd and pomegranate,

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AgP 278.21

मातुलङ्गरसक्षौद्रद्राक्षाव्योषादिसंस्कृतैः यवगोधूमशाल्यन्नैर् भोजयेच्छ्वासकासिनं

mātulaṅgarasakṣaudradrākṣāvyoṣādisaṃskṛtaiḥ yavagodhūmaśālyannair bhojayecchvāsakāsinaṃ

(and) with foods of barley, wheat and śāli rice seasoned with citron juice, honey, grapes, the three pungents and the like — thus one should feed the man afflicted with asthma and cough.

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AgP 278.22

दषमूलवलारास्नाकुलत्थैर् उपसाधिताः पेयाः पूपरसाः क्वाथाः श्वासहिक्कानिवारणाः

daṣamūlavalārāsnākulatthair upasādhitāḥ peyāḥ pūparasāḥ kvāthāḥ śvāsahikkānivāraṇāḥ

Gruels, cake-broths and decoctions prepared with the ten roots, valā (balā), rāsnā and horse-gram remove asthma and hiccup.

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AgP 278.23

शुष्कमूलककौलत्थमूलजाङ्गलजैरसैः(?) यवगोधूमशाल्यन्नं जीर्णम् सोशीरमाचरेत्

śuṣkamūlakakaulatthamūlajāṅgalajairasaiḥ(?) yavagodhūmaśālyannaṃ jīrṇam sośīramācaret

With juices produced from dried radish, horse-gram, roots and wild-land (animal flesh), one should take food of barley, wheat and śāli rice, (when the previous meal is) digested, together with uśīra.

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AgP 278.24

सोथवान् सगुडां पथ्यां खादेद्वा गुडनागरम् तक्रञ्च चित्रकञ्चोभौ ग्रहणीरोगनाशनौ

sothavān saguḍāṃ pathyāṃ khādedvā guḍanāgaram takrañca citrakañcobhau grahaṇīroganāśanau

One who has swelling should eat pathyā (harītakī) with molasses, or molasses with ginger; and buttermilk and citraka — both destroy the disease of the grahaṇī (digestive tract).

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AgP 278.25

पुराणयवगोधूमशालयो जङ्गलो रसः मुद्गामलकखर्जूरमृद्वीकावदराणि च

purāṇayavagodhūmaśālayo jaṅgalo rasaḥ mudgāmalakakharjūramṛdvīkāvadarāṇi ca

Old barley, wheat and śāli rice, the broth of wild-land animals, mung beans, āmalaka, dates, grapes and jujubes,

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AgP 278.26

मधु सर्पिः पयः शक्रं निम्बपर्पटकौ वृषम् तक्रारिष्टाश् च(१) शस्यन्ते सततं वातरोगिणाम्

madhu sarpiḥ payaḥ śakraṃ nimbaparpaṭakau vṛṣam takrāriṣṭāś ca(1) śasyante satataṃ vātarogiṇām

honey, ghee, milk, śakra(?), nimba and parpaṭaka, vṛṣa (vāsā), and buttermilk-ariṣṭas are always commended for those afflicted with wind-diseases.

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AgP 278.27

हृद्रोगिणो विरेच्यास्तु पिप्पल्यो हिक्किनां हिताः तक्रावलालसिन्धूनि मुक्तानि शिशिराम्भसा

hṛdrogiṇo virecyāstu pippalyo hikkināṃ hitāḥ takrāvalālasindhūni muktāni śiśirāmbhasā

But sufferers from heart disease should be purged; long peppers are good for those with hiccup; buttermilk, avalāla(?) and rock salt released (i.e. taken) with cold water,

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AgP 278.28

मुक्ताः सौवर्चलाजादि मद्यं शस्तं मदात्यये(२) सक्षौद्रपयसा लाक्षां पिवेच्च क्षतवान्नरः

muktāḥ sauvarcalājādi madyaṃ śastaṃ madātyaye(2) sakṣaudrapayasā lākṣāṃ pivecca kṣatavānnaraḥ

and sauvarcala salt, parched grain and the rest taken (thus); wine is commended in madātyaya (alcoholic excess); and a man with a chest wound should drink lac with milk and honey.

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AgP 278.29

:न् १ भद्राविष्टाश्चेति ख॥ २ सदामये इति ञ॥ । दमात्यये इति ट॥ :प् ३० क्षयं मांसरसाहारो वह्निसंरक्षणाज्जयेत् शालयो भोजने रक्ता नीवारकलमादयः

:n 1 bhadrāviṣṭāśceti kha.. 2 sadāmaye iti ña.. / damātyaye iti ṭa.. :p 30 kṣayaṃ māṃsarasāhāro vahnisaṃrakṣaṇājjayet śālayo bhojane raktā nīvārakalamādayaḥ

One should conquer consumption by a diet of meat-broth, through the guarding of the digestive fire; in food, red śāli rices, nīvāra, kalama and the rest (are good).

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AgP 278.30

यवान्नविकृतिर्मासं शाकं सौवर्चलं शटी पथ्या तथैवार्शसां यन्मण्डं तक्रञ्च वारिणा(१)

yavānnavikṛtirmāsaṃ śākaṃ sauvarcalaṃ śaṭī pathyā tathaivārśasāṃ yanmaṇḍaṃ takrañca vāriṇā(1)

Preparations of barley food, beans(?), pot-herbs, sauvarcala salt, śaṭī, pathyā — likewise for those with piles, and gruel-water and buttermilk with water.

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AgP 278.31

मुस्ताभ्यासस् तथा लेपश्चित्रकेण हरिद्रया यवान्नविकृतिः शालिर्वास्तूकं ससुवर्चलम्

mustābhyāsas tathā lepaścitrakeṇa haridrayā yavānnavikṛtiḥ śālirvāstūkaṃ sasuvarcalam

Likewise regular use of mustā, and a plaster with citraka and turmeric; preparations of barley food, śāli rice, vāstūka greens with sauvarcala salt,

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AgP 278.32

त्रपुषर्वारुगोधूमाः क्षीरेक्षुघृतसंयुताः मूत्रकृच्छ्रे च शस्ताः स्युः पाने मण्डसुरादयः

trapuṣarvārugodhūmāḥ kṣīrekṣughṛtasaṃyutāḥ mūtrakṛcchre ca śastāḥ syuḥ pāne maṇḍasurādayaḥ

cucumber, ervāru melon and wheat combined with milk, sugarcane and ghee — these are commended in painful urination; and for drink, gruel-water, wine and the like.

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AgP 278.33

लाजाः शक्तुस् तथा क्षौद्रं शून्यं मांसं परूषकम् वार्ताकुलावशिखिनश्छर्दिघ्नाः पानकानि च

lājāḥ śaktus tathā kṣaudraṃ śūnyaṃ māṃsaṃ parūṣakam vārtākulāvaśikhinaśchardighnāḥ pānakāni ca

Parched grain, barley-meal, honey, śūnya(?), meat, parūṣaka fruit, brinjal, lāvā quail and peacock, and (cool) drinks are destroyers of vomiting.

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AgP 278.34

शाल्यन्नन्तोयपयसी केवलोष्णे शृते ऽपि वा तृष्णाघ्ने मुस्तगुडयोर्गुटिका वा मुखे धृता

śālyannantoyapayasī kevaloṣṇe śṛte 'pi vā tṛṣṇāghne mustaguḍayorguṭikā vā mukhe dhṛtā

Śāli rice with water and milk, or (water) merely warm, or boiled — these destroy thirst; or a pellet of mustā and molasses held in the mouth.

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AgP 278.35

यवान्नविकृतिः पूपं(२) शुष्कमूलकजन्तथा शाकं पटोलवेत्राग्रमुरुस्तम्भविनाशनम्

yavānnavikṛtiḥ pūpaṃ(2) śuṣkamūlakajantathā śākaṃ paṭolavetrāgramurustambhavināśanam

A preparation of barley food, a cake, and likewise what is made of dried radish; as a vegetable, paṭola and the tips of cane — these destroy stiffness of the thighs.

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AgP 278.36

मुद्गाढकमसूराणां सतिलैर् जाङ्गलैरसैः(?) ससैन्धवघृतद्राक्षाशुण्ठ्यामलककोलजैः

mudgāḍhakamasūrāṇāṃ satilair jāṅgalairasaiḥ(?) sasaindhavaghṛtadrākṣāśuṇṭhyāmalakakolajaiḥ

Of mung beans, āḍhaka pulse and lentils, with sesame, with the broths of wild-land animals, with rock salt, ghee, grapes, dry ginger, āmalaka and jujube,

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AgP 278.37

यूषैः पुराणगोधूमयवशाल्यन्नमभ्यसेत् विसर्पी ससिताक्षौद्रमृद्वीकादाडिमोदकम्

yūṣaiḥ purāṇagodhūmayavaśālyannamabhyaset visarpī sasitākṣaudramṛdvīkādāḍimodakam

— with such soups one should regularly take food of old wheat, barley and śāli rice; one with erysipelas (should take) a drink of sugar, honey, grapes and pomegranate.

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AgP 278.38

रक्तयष्टिकगोधूमयवमुद्गादिकं लघु काकमारी च वेत्राग्रं वास्तुकञ्च सुवर्चला

raktayaṣṭikagodhūmayavamudgādikaṃ laghu kākamārī ca vetrāgraṃ vāstukañca suvarcalā

Red yaṣṭika rice, wheat, barley, mung beans and the like, which are light, and kākamārī, cane-tips, vāstūka and suvarcalā —

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AgP 278.39

वातशोणितनाशाय तोयं शस्तं सितं मधु :न् १ पथ्या तथैव काशस्य मण्डं तक्रञ्च वारुणमिति ख॥ , ञ॥ , च २ यूषमिति ख॥ , ज॥ च :प् ३१ नाशारोगेशु च हितं घृतं दुर्वाप्रसाधितम्

vātaśoṇitanāśāya toyaṃ śastaṃ sitaṃ madhu :n 1 pathyā tathaiva kāśasya maṇḍaṃ takrañca vāruṇamiti kha.. , ña.. , ca 2 yūṣamiti kha.. , ja.. ca :p 31 nāśārogeśu ca hitaṃ ghṛtaṃ durvāprasādhitam

for the destruction of vāta-blood (gout) water, sugar and honey are commended; and in diseases of the nose ghee prepared with dūrvā grass is beneficial.

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AgP 278.40

भृङ्गराजरसे सिद्धं तैलं धात्रीरसे ऽपि वा नश्यं सर्वामयेष्विष्टं मूर्धजन्तूद्भवेषु च

bhṛṅgarājarase siddhaṃ tailaṃ dhātrīrase 'pi vā naśyaṃ sarvāmayeṣviṣṭaṃ mūrdhajantūdbhaveṣu ca

Oil boiled in the juice of bhṛṅgarāja, or else in the juice of dhātrī (āmalakī), is recommended as a nasal medicine in all ailments, and in (conditions) arising from vermin in the head.

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AgP 278.41

शीततोयान्नपानञ्च तिलानां विप्र भक्षणम् द्विजदार्ढ्यकरं प्रोक्तं तथा तुष्टिकरम्परम्

śītatoyānnapānañca tilānāṃ vipra bhakṣaṇam dvijadārḍhyakaraṃ proktaṃ tathā tuṣṭikaramparam

Drinking cold water and (eating) food (cold), and the eating of sesame seeds, O brahmin, is said to make the teeth firm, and moreover to give satisfaction.

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AgP 278.42

गण्डूषं तिलतैलेन द्विजदार्ढ्यकरं परं विडङ्गचूर्णं गोमूत्रं सर्वत्र कृमिनाशने

gaṇḍūṣaṃ tilatailena dvijadārḍhyakaraṃ paraṃ viḍaṅgacūrṇaṃ gomūtraṃ sarvatra kṛmināśane

A mouth-rinse with sesame oil is supreme for making the teeth firm; powder of viḍaṅga (vidaṅga) with cow's urine (is used) everywhere for destroying worms.

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AgP 278.43

धात्रीफलान्यथाज्यञ्च शिरोलेपनमुत्तमम् शिरोरोगविनाशाय स्निग्धमुष्णञ्च भोजनम्

dhātrīphalānyathājyañca śirolepanamuttamam śirorogavināśāya snigdhamuṣṇañca bhojanam

The fruits of dhātrī together with ghee are an excellent plaster for the head; and for the removal of head-disease, oily and warm food (is good).

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AgP 278.44

तैलं वा वस्तमूत्रञ्च कर्णपूरणमुत्तमम् कर्णशूलविनाशाय सर्वशुक्तानि(१) वा द्विज

tailaṃ vā vastamūtrañca karṇapūraṇamuttamam karṇaśūlavināśāya sarvaśuktāni(1) vā dvija

Oil, or goat's urine, is an excellent filling for the ear, for the removal of earache; or all sour (fermented) preparations, O brahmin.

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AgP 278.45

गिरिमृच्चन्दनं लाक्षा मालती कलिका तथा संयोज्या या कृता वर्तिः क्षतशुक्रहरी तु सा

girimṛccandanaṃ lākṣā mālatī kalikā tathā saṃyojyā yā kṛtā vartiḥ kṣataśukraharī tu sā

Mountain earth (red ochre), sandal, lac, and likewise a jasmine bud — the wick (paste) made by combining these removes ulcer-caused (corneal) opacity.

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AgP 278.46

व्योषं त्रिफलया युक्तं तुच्छकञ्च तथा जलम् सर्वाक्षिरोगशमनं तथा चैव रसाञ्जनं

vyoṣaṃ triphalayā yuktaṃ tucchakañca tathā jalam sarvākṣirogaśamanaṃ tathā caiva rasāñjanaṃ

The three pungents combined with the triphalā, and tucchaka, and likewise water, allay all eye diseases, and so too does rasāñjana.

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AgP 278.47

आज्यभृष्टं शिलापिष्टं लोध्रकाञ्जिकसैन्धवैः आश्च्योतनाविनाशाय सर्वनेत्रामये हितम्

ājyabhṛṣṭaṃ śilāpiṣṭaṃ lodhrakāñjikasaindhavaiḥ āścyotanāvināśāya sarvanetrāmaye hitam

(Realgar) fried in ghee, ground on a stone with lodhra, sour gruel and rock salt, is good as an eye-drop for the removal of (disease), beneficial in every eye ailment.

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AgP 278.48

गिरिमृच्चन्दनैर् लेपो वहिर्नेत्रस्य शस्यते नेत्रामयविघातार्थं त्रिफलां शीलयेत् सदा

girimṛccandanair lepo vahirnetrasya śasyate netrāmayavighātārthaṃ triphalāṃ śīlayet sadā

A plaster of mountain earth and sandal is recommended for the outside of the eye; for the sake of warding off eye ailments one should always make regular use of triphalā.

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AgP 278.49

रात्रौ तु मधुसर्पिर्भ्यां दीर्घमायुर्जिजीविषुः शतावरीरसे सिद्धौ वृष्यौ क्षीरघृतौ स्मृतौ

rātrau tu madhusarpirbhyāṃ dīrghamāyurjijīviṣuḥ śatāvarīrase siddhau vṛṣyau kṣīraghṛtau smṛtau

And at night (one should take it) with honey and ghee, if one wishes to live a long life. Milk and ghee prepared in the juice of śatāvarī are held to be aphrodisiac.

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AgP 278.50

कलम्बिकानि माषाश् च वृष्यौ क्षीरघृतौ तथा :न् १ सर्वशुक्लान्नीति ख॥ :प् ३२ आयुष्या त्रिफला ज्ञेया पूर्ववन्मधुकान्विता

kalambikāni māṣāś ca vṛṣyau kṣīraghṛtau tathā :n 1 sarvaśuklānnīti kha.. :p 32 āyuṣyā triphalā jñeyā pūrvavanmadhukānvitā

Kalambikās and black gram, and likewise milk and ghee, are aphrodisiac. Triphalā, joined with liquorice as before, is to be known as life-prolonging.

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AgP 278.51

मधुकादिरसोपेता बलीपलितनाशिनी वचासिद्धघृतं विप्र भूतदोषविनाशनम्

madhukādirasopetā balīpalitanāśinī vacāsiddhaghṛtaṃ vipra bhūtadoṣavināśanam

Supplied with the juice of liquorice and the rest, it destroys wrinkles and grey hair. Ghee prepared with vacā, O brahmin, destroys the defect (caused by) spirits.

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AgP 278.52

कव्यं बुद्धिप्रदञ्चैव(१) तथा सर्वार्थसाधनम् वलाकल्ककषायेण सिद्धमभ्यञ्जने हितम्

kavyaṃ buddhipradañcaiva(1) tathā sarvārthasādhanam valākalkakaṣāyeṇa siddhamabhyañjane hitam

And (that) which gives intelligence... and likewise accomplishes every purpose; (oil) prepared with a decoction of the paste of balā is good for anointing.

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AgP 278.53

रास्नासहचरैर् वापि तैलं वातविकारिणाम् अनभिष्यन्दि यच्चान्नं तद्ब्रणेषु प्रशस्यते

rāsnāsahacarair vāpi tailaṃ vātavikāriṇām anabhiṣyandi yaccānnaṃ tadbraṇeṣu praśasyate

Or oil (prepared) with rāsnā and sahacara is for those suffering from wind disorders; and whatever food does not cause flux is recommended in (the treatment of) wounds.

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AgP 278.54

शक्तुपिण्डी तथैवाम्ला पाचनाय प्रशस्यते पक्वस्य च तथा भेदे निम्बचूर्णञ्च रोपणे

śaktupiṇḍī tathaivāmlā pācanāya praśasyate pakvasya ca tathā bhede nimbacūrṇañca ropaṇe

Likewise a sour barley-meal poultice is recommended for ripening (an abscess); and when it is ripe, for lancing it; and powder of nimba for healing.

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AgP 278.55

तथा शूच्युपचारश् च(२) बलिकर्म विशेषतः सूतिका च तथा रक्षा प्राणिनान्तु सदा हिता

tathā śūcyupacāraś ca(2) balikarma viśeṣataḥ sūtikā ca tathā rakṣā prāṇināntu sadā hitā

Likewise the use of the needle, and especially the offering rite; and a midwife, and protective measures, are always beneficial for living beings.

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AgP 278.56

भक्षणं निम्बपत्राणां सर्पदष्टस्य भेषजम् तालनिम्बदलङ्केश्यं जीर्णन्तैलं यवाघृतम्

bhakṣaṇaṃ nimbapatrāṇāṃ sarpadaṣṭasya bheṣajam tālanimbadalaṅkeśyaṃ jīrṇantailaṃ yavāghṛtam

Eating nimba leaves is a remedy for one bitten by a snake; palmyra and nimba leaves ... old oil, barley (and) ghee.

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AgP 278.57

धूपो वृश्चिकदष्टस्य शिखिपत्रघृतेन वा अर्कक्षीरेण संपिष्टं लोपा वीजं पलाशजं

dhūpo vṛścikadaṣṭasya śikhipatraghṛtena vā arkakṣīreṇa saṃpiṣṭaṃ lopā vījaṃ palāśajaṃ

For one stung by a scorpion, a fumigation, or (a treatment) with ghee and peacock feather; or the seed produced from the palāśa, ground up with the milk of arka.

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AgP 278.58

वृश्चिकार्तस्य कृष्णा वा शिवा च फलसंयुता(३) अर्कक्षीरं तिलं तैलं पललञ्च गुडं समम्

vṛścikārtasya kṛṣṇā vā śivā ca phalasaṃyutā(3) arkakṣīraṃ tilaṃ tailaṃ palalañca guḍaṃ samam

For one afflicted by a scorpion, black pepper (kṛṣṇā), or śivā (harītakī) together with the fruit; arka milk, sesame, oil, sesame paste, and molasses in equal parts —

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AgP 278.59

पानाज्जयति दुर्वारं श्वविषं शीघ्रमेव तु पीत्वा मूलं त्रिवृत्तुल्यं तण्डुलीयस्य सर्पिषा

pānājjayati durvāraṃ śvaviṣaṃ śīghrameva tu pītvā mūlaṃ trivṛttulyaṃ taṇḍulīyasya sarpiṣā

— by drinking (it) one quickly overcomes even irresistible dog-poison. Having drunk the root of taṇḍulīya, equal in amount to trivṛt, with ghee,

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AgP 278.60

सर्पकीटविषाण्याशु जयत्यतिबलान्यपि चन्दनं पद्मकङ्कुष्ठं लताम्बूशीरपाटलाः

sarpakīṭaviṣāṇyāśu jayatyatibalānyapi candanaṃ padmakaṅkuṣṭhaṃ latāmbūśīrapāṭalāḥ

It swiftly overcomes the poisons of snakes and insects, even the most powerful ones. Sandalwood, padmaka, kaṅkuṣṭha, latā, ambu (uśīra?), uśīra, and pāṭalā —

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AgP 278.61

:न् १ कन्ठ्यं वृद्धिप्रदञ्चैवेति ख॥ २ प्रत्युपचारैश्चेति ख॥ ३ कलसंयुतेति क॥ :प् ३३ निर्गुण्डी शारिवा सेलुर्लूताविषहरो गदः शिरोविरेचनं शस्तं गुडनागरकं द्विज

:n 1 kanṭhyaṃ vṛddhipradañcaiveti kha.. 2 pratyupacāraiśceti kha.. 3 kalasaṃyuteti ka.. :p 33 nirguṇḍī śārivā selurlūtāviṣaharo gadaḥ śirovirecanaṃ śastaṃ guḍanāgarakaṃ dvija

[Footnotes: 1. 'kanṭhyaṃ vṛddhipradaṃ ca eva' in ms. kha. 2. 'pratyupacāraiś ca' in ms. kha. 3. 'kalasaṃyuta' in ms. ka. Page 33.] Nirguṇḍī, śārivā, selu — (this) remedy removes spider-poison. Molasses with ginger is commended as a head-purgative, O twice-born.

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AgP 278.62

स्नेहपाने तथा वस्तौ तैलं धृतमनुत्तमम् स्वेदनीयः परो वह्निः शीताम्भःस्तम्भनं परम्

snehapāne tathā vastau tailaṃ dhṛtamanuttamam svedanīyaḥ paro vahniḥ śītāmbhaḥstambhanaṃ param

For drinking as an oleate and likewise for an enema, oil (and) ghee are unsurpassed; fire is the best means of sweating, cold water the best means of arresting (flow).

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AgP 278.63

त्रिवृद्धि रेचने श्रेष्ठा वमने मदनं तथा वस्तिर्विरेको वमनं तैलं सर्पिस् तथा मधु वातपित्तबलाशानां क्रमेण परमौषधं

trivṛddhi recane śreṣṭhā vamane madanaṃ tathā vastirvireko vamanaṃ tailaṃ sarpis tathā madhu vātapittabalāśānāṃ krameṇa paramauṣadhaṃ

Trivṛt is best for purging, and madana for emesis; enema, purgation, (and) emesis — oil, ghee, and honey are, respectively, the supreme remedy for wind, bile, and phlegm.

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