Agni Purana — Chapter 280
AgP 280.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे सर्वरोगहराण्यौषधानि नामोनाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः :न् तथोल्कानामुष्मणामध्वसेविनामिति ख॥ :प् ३८ छप्तेर् {२८०} :श् अथाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ रसादिलक्षणं धन्वन्तरिर् उवाच रसादिलक्षणं वक्ष्ये भेषजानां गुणं शृणु रसवीर्यविपाकज्ञो नृपादीन्रक्षयेन्नरः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe sarvarogaharāṇyauṣadhāni nāmonāśītyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ :n tatholkānāmuṣmaṇāmadhvasevināmiti kha.. :p 38 chapter {280} :ś athāśītyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || rasādilakṣaṇaṃ dhanvantarir uvāca rasādilakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye bheṣajānāṃ guṇaṃ śṛṇu rasavīryavipākajño nṛpādīnrakṣayennaraḥ
Dhanvantari said: I shall declare the characteristics of tastes and the rest; hear the properties of medicines. A man who knows taste, potency and post-digestive transformation may protect kings and others.
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AgP 280.2
रसाः स्वाद्वम्ललवणाः सोमजाः परिकीर्तिताः कटुतिक्तकषायानि तथाग्नेया महाभुज
rasāḥ svādvamlalavaṇāḥ somajāḥ parikīrtitāḥ kaṭutiktakaṣāyāni tathāgneyā mahābhuja
The tastes sweet, sour and salty are declared to be born of Soma; and the pungent, bitter and astringent (are declared) to belong to Agni, O mighty-armed one.
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AgP 280.3
त्रिधा विपाको द्रव्यस्य कट्वम्ललवणात्मकः द्विधा वीय्य समुद्दिष्टमुष्णं शीतं तथैव च
tridhā vipāko dravyasya kaṭvamlalavaṇātmakaḥ dvidhā vīyya samuddiṣṭamuṣṇaṃ śītaṃ tathaiva ca
The post-digestive transformation of a substance is threefold, consisting of pungent, sour and salty; potency is stated to be twofold, hot and likewise cold.
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AgP 280.4
अनिर्देश्यप्रभावश् च ओषधीनां द्विजोत्तम मधुरश् च कषायश् च तिक्तश् चैव तथा रसः
anirdeśyaprabhāvaś ca oṣadhīnāṃ dvijottama madhuraś ca kaṣāyaś ca tiktaś caiva tathā rasaḥ
And the specific efficacy (prabhāva) of herbs is not (fully) statable, O best of the twice-born. The sweet, the astringent and the bitter taste
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AgP 280.5
शीतवीर्याः समुद्दिष्टाः शेषास्तूष्णाःप्रकीर्तिताः गुडुची तत्र तिक्तपि भवत्युष्णातिवीर्यतः
śītavīryāḥ samuddiṣṭāḥ śeṣāstūṣṇāḥprakīrtitāḥ guḍucī tatra tiktapi bhavatyuṣṇātivīryataḥ
are declared to be of cold potency; the rest are said to be hot. Among them guḍūcī, though bitter, is hot because of (its) surpassing potency;
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AgP 280.6
उष्णा कषायापि तथा पथ्या भवति मानद मधुरोपि तथा मांस उष्ण एव प्रकीर्तितः
uṣṇā kaṣāyāpi tathā pathyā bhavati mānada madhuropi tathā māṃsa uṣṇa eva prakīrtitaḥ
likewise pathyā, though astringent, is hot, O giver of honour; and flesh, though sweet, is declared to be hot indeed.
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AgP 280.7
लवणो मध्रश् चैव विपाकमधुरौ स्मृतौ अम्लोष्णश् च तथा प्रोक्तः शेषाः कटुविपाकिनः
lavaṇo madhraś caiva vipākamadhurau smṛtau amloṣṇaś ca tathā proktaḥ śeṣāḥ kaṭuvipākinaḥ
The salty and the sweet are held to be sweet in post-digestive transformation, and the sour is called hot; the rest are pungent in post-digestive transformation.
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AgP 280.8
वीर्यपाके विपर्यस्ते प्रभावात्तत्र निश् चयः मधुरो ऽपि कटुः पाके यच्च क्षौद्रं(१) प्रकीर्तितं
vīryapāke viparyaste prabhāvāttatra niś cayaḥ madhuro 'pi kaṭuḥ pāke yacca kṣaudraṃ(1) prakīrtitaṃ
When potency and post-digestive transformation are reversed, the determination there is by specific efficacy (prabhāva) — as honey, though sweet, is declared pungent in digestion.
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AgP 280.9
क्वाथयेत् षोडशगुणं विवेद्द्रव्याच्चतुर्गुणम् :न् १ यवक्षौद्रमिति ख॥ :प् ३९ कल्पनैषा कषायस्य यत्र नोक्तो विधिर्भवेत्
kvāthayet ṣoḍaśaguṇaṃ viveddravyāccaturguṇam :n 1 yavakṣaudramiti kha.. :p 39 kalpanaiṣā kaṣāyasya yatra nokto vidhirbhavet
(The decoction) should be boiled with sixteen times (the water), and reduced to four times the (weight of the) drug. This is the preparation of a decoction wherever no (particular) method has been stated.
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AgP 280.10
कषायन्तु भवेत्तोयं स्नेहपाके चतुर्गुणं(१) द्रव्यतुल्यं समुद्धृत्य द्रव्यं स्नेहं क्षिपेद्बुधः
kaṣāyantu bhavettoyaṃ snehapāke caturguṇaṃ(1) dravyatulyaṃ samuddhṛtya dravyaṃ snehaṃ kṣipedbudhaḥ
In cooking an oil/ghee, the water should be a decoction, four times (the oil); having taken out (a quantity of) drug equal to the oil, the wise man should put the drug (and) the oil (together).
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AgP 280.11
तावत्प्रमाणं द्रव्यस्य स्नेहपादं ततः क्षिपेत् तोयवर्जन्तु यद्द्रव्यं स्नेहद्रव्यं तथा भवेत्
tāvatpramāṇaṃ dravyasya snehapādaṃ tataḥ kṣipet toyavarjantu yaddravyaṃ snehadravyaṃ tathā bhavet
Then he should put in that same measure of the drug as a quarter of the oil; but when there is no water, the drug (used) with the oil should be so (i.e. of that proportion).
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AgP 280.12
संवर्तितौषधः पाकः स्नेहानां परिकीर्तितः तत्तुल्यता तु लेह्यस्य तथा भवति सुश्रुत(२)
saṃvartitauṣadhaḥ pākaḥ snehānāṃ parikīrtitaḥ tattulyatā tu lehyasya tathā bhavati suśruta(2)
Such is declared to be the cooking of oils, with the drug (reduced/rolled) into a paste; and the equality (of proportion) for a linctus is likewise, O Suśruta.
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AgP 280.13
स्वच्छमल्पौषधं क्वाथं कषायञ्चोक्तवद्भवेत् अक्षं चूर्णस्य निर्दिष्टं कषायस्य चतुष्पलं
svacchamalpauṣadhaṃ kvāthaṃ kaṣāyañcoktavadbhavet akṣaṃ cūrṇasya nirdiṣṭaṃ kaṣāyasya catuṣpalaṃ
A decoction that is clear and has little drug in it, and a kaṣāya, should be as stated. One akṣa is prescribed of powder, and four palas of decoction.
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AgP 280.14
मध्यमैषा स्मृता मात्रा नास्ति मात्राविकल्पना वयः कालं बलं वह्निं देशं द्रव्यं रुजं तथा
madhyamaiṣā smṛtā mātrā nāsti mātrāvikalpanā vayaḥ kālaṃ balaṃ vahniṃ deśaṃ dravyaṃ rujaṃ tathā
This is reckoned the middling dose; there is no (fixed) variation of dose. Age, season, strength, digestive fire, region, the substance, and the disease —
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AgP 280.15
समवेक्ष्य महाभाग मात्रायाः कल्पना भवेत् सौम्यास्तत्र रसाः प्रायो विज्ञेया धातुवर्धनाः
samavekṣya mahābhāga mātrāyāḥ kalpanā bhavet saumyāstatra rasāḥ prāyo vijñeyā dhātuvardhanāḥ
— having considered (these), O greatly fortunate one, the determination of the dose should be made. Among (the tastes) there, the cooling ones are generally to be known as increasing the bodily tissues.
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AgP 280.16
मधुरास्तु विशेषेण विज्ञेया धातुवर्धनाः दोषाणाञ्चैव धातूनां द्रव्यं समगुणन्तु यत्
madhurāstu viśeṣeṇa vijñeyā dhātuvardhanāḥ doṣāṇāñcaiva dhātūnāṃ dravyaṃ samaguṇantu yat
But the sweet ones especially are to be known as increasing the tissues. And whatever substance has properties equal to those of the humours and the tissues,
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AgP 280.17
तदेव वृद्धये ज्ञेयं विपरीतं क्षमावहम् उपस्तम्भत्रयं प्रोक्तं देहे ऽस्मिन्मनुजोत्तम
tadeva vṛddhaye jñeyaṃ viparītaṃ kṣamāvaham upastambhatrayaṃ proktaṃ dehe 'sminmanujottama
that very (substance) is to be known as (conducing) to their increase, and the opposite one as bringing about their reduction. Three props are declared for this body, O best of men:
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AgP 280.18
आहारो मैथुनं निद्रा तेषु यत्नः सदा भवेत् असेवनात् सेवनाच्च अत्यन्तं नाशमाप्नुयात्
āhāro maithunaṃ nidrā teṣu yatnaḥ sadā bhavet asevanāt sevanācca atyantaṃ nāśamāpnuyāt
food, sexual intercourse, and sleep; care should always be taken regarding them, for from not using and from using (them) excessively one would meet with destruction.
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AgP 280.19
क्षयस्य बृंहणं कार्यं स्थुलदेहस्य कर्षणम् रक्षणं मध्यकायस्य देहभेदास्त्रयो मताः
kṣayasya bṛṃhaṇaṃ kāryaṃ sthuladehasya karṣaṇam rakṣaṇaṃ madhyakāyasya dehabhedāstrayo matāḥ
For a wasted (body) nourishing is to be done, for a stout body reduction, and for a body of middling (build) maintenance; three kinds of body are held (to exist).
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AgP 280.20
:न् १ स्नेहपाके च तद्गुणमिति ख॥ २ तत्तुल्यताप्यस्य तथा यथा भवति सुश्रुत इति ख॥ :प् ४० उपक्रमद्वयं प्रोक्तं तर्पणं वाप्यतर्पणं हिताशी च मिताशी च जीर्णाशी च तथा भवेत्
:n 1 snehapāke ca tadguṇamiti kha.. 2 tattulyatāpyasya tathā yathā bhavati suśruta iti kha.. :p 40 upakramadvayaṃ proktaṃ tarpaṇaṃ vāpyatarpaṇaṃ hitāśī ca mitāśī ca jīrṇāśī ca tathā bhavet
Two courses of treatment are declared: nourishing (tarpaṇa) or non-nourishing (atarpaṇa); and one should eat what is wholesome, eat in measure, and eat (only) when (the former meal) is digested.
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AgP 280.21
ओषधीनां पञ्चविधा तथा भवति कल्पना रसः कल्कः शृतः शीतः फाण्डश् च मनुजोत्तम
oṣadhīnāṃ pañcavidhā tathā bhavati kalpanā rasaḥ kalkaḥ śṛtaḥ śītaḥ phāṇḍaś ca manujottama
And the preparation of medicinal herbs is of five kinds: juice (rasa), paste (kalka), decoction (śṛta), cold infusion (śīta), and hot infusion (phāṇṭa), O best of men.
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AgP 280.22
रसश् च पीडको ज्ञेयः कल्क आलोडिताद् भवेत् क्वथितश् च शृतो ज्ञेयः शीतः पर्युषितो निशां
rasaś ca pīḍako jñeyaḥ kalka āloḍitād bhavet kvathitaś ca śṛto jñeyaḥ śītaḥ paryuṣito niśāṃ
The juice is to be known as (obtained) by pressing; the paste comes from (a drug) ground up; what is boiled is to be known as śṛta; the cold infusion is (a drug) left standing overnight;
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AgP 280.23
सद्योभिशृतपूतं यत् तत् फाण्टमभिधीयते करणानां शतञ्चैव षष्टिश् चैवाधिका स्मृता
sadyobhiśṛtapūtaṃ yat tat phāṇṭamabhidhīyate karaṇānāṃ śatañcaiva ṣaṣṭiś caivādhikā smṛtā
that which is boiled up at once and strained is called phāṇṭa. The preparations are reckoned to be a hundred and sixty in addition.
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AgP 280.24
यो वेत्ति स ह्य् अजेयः स्थात्सम्बन्धे वाहुशौण्डिकः आहारशुद्धिरग्न्यर्थमग्निमूलं बलं नृणां
yo vetti sa hy ajeyaḥ sthātsambandhe vāhuśauṇḍikaḥ āhāraśuddhiragnyarthamagnimūlaṃ balaṃ nṛṇāṃ
He who knows (this) will be unconquerable — like a strong-armed man in a contest. Purification of the food is for the sake of the digestive fire, and the fire is the root of men's strength.
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AgP 280.25
ससिन्धुत्रिफलाञ्चाद्यात्सुराज्ञि अभिवर्णदां जाङ्गलञ्च रसं सिन्धुयुक्तं दधि पयः कणां
sasindhutriphalāñcādyātsurājñi abhivarṇadāṃ jāṅgalañca rasaṃ sindhuyuktaṃ dadhi payaḥ kaṇāṃ
One should take the three myrobalans with rock salt, and in (the case of) wine (or: to the king) that which restores complexion, and the juice of (animals of) dry lands mixed with rock salt, curds, milk, and long pepper.
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AgP 280.26
रसाधिकं समं कुर्यान्नरो वाताधिको ऽपि वा निदाघे मर्दनं प्रोक्तं शिशिरे च समं बहु
rasādhikaṃ samaṃ kuryānnaro vātādhiko 'pi vā nidāghe mardanaṃ proktaṃ śiśire ca samaṃ bahu
A man in whom the juices predominate, or in whom wind predominates, should make (them) equal. Massage is prescribed in the hot season, and in the cold season an equal amount (or) much (of it).
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AgP 280.27
वसन्ते मध्यमं ज्ञेयन्निदाघे मर्दनोल्वणं त्वचन्तु प्रथमं मर्द्यमङ्गञ्च तदनन्तरं
vasante madhyamaṃ jñeyannidāghe mardanolvaṇaṃ tvacantu prathamaṃ mardyamaṅgañca tadanantaraṃ
In spring a middling (amount) is to be known, in the hot season massage in excess. The skin should be massaged first, and the limb after that.
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AgP 280.28
स्नायुरुधिरदेहेषु अस्थि भातीव मांसलं स्कन्धौ बाहू तथैवेह तथा जङ्घे सजानुनी
snāyurudhiradeheṣu asthi bhātīva māṃsalaṃ skandhau bāhū tathaiveha tathā jaṅghe sajānunī
In bodies (made) of sinew and blood the bone appears as if fleshy; likewise here the shoulders and the arms, and likewise the two shanks together with the knees.
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AgP 280.29
अरिवन्मर्दयेत् प्रज्ञो जत्रु वक्षश् च पूर्ववत् अङ्गसन्धिषु सर्वेषु निष्पीड्य बहुलं तथा
arivanmardayet prajño jatru vakṣaś ca pūrvavat aṅgasandhiṣu sarveṣu niṣpīḍya bahulaṃ tathā
The wise (physician) should knead (these) as (described) before; the collar-bone and the chest likewise as before, and (he should) press firmly at all the joints of the limbs.
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AgP 280.30
प्रसारयेदङ्गसन्धीन्न च क्षेपेण चाक्रमात् नीजीर्णे तु श्रमं कुर्यान्न भुक्त्वा पीतवान्नरः
prasārayedaṅgasandhīnna ca kṣepeṇa cākramāt nījīrṇe tu śramaṃ kuryānna bhuktvā pītavānnaraḥ
He should stretch the joints of the limbs, but not with a jerk nor forcibly. One should not take exertion while (the food) is undigested, nor after a man has eaten or drunk.
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AgP 280.31
दिनस्य तु चतुर्भाग ऊर्ध्वन्तु प्रहरार्धके :प् ४१ व्यायामं नैव कर्तव्यं स्नायाच्छीताम्बुना सकृत्
dinasya tu caturbhāga ūrdhvantu praharārdhake :p 41 vyāyāmaṃ naiva kartavyaṃ snāyācchītāmbunā sakṛt
But (only) in the fourth part of the day, and above that in half a watch — (beyond that) exercise should not be done at all; one should bathe once with cold water.
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AgP 280.32
वार्युष्णञ्च श्रमं जह्याद्धृदा श्वासन्न धारयेत् व्यायामश् च कफं हन्याद्वातं हन्याच्च मर्दनं
vāryuṣṇañca śramaṃ jahyāddhṛdā śvāsanna dhārayet vyāyāmaś ca kaphaṃ hanyādvātaṃ hanyācca mardanaṃ
And warm water removes fatigue; one should not hold the breath by force of the heart. Exercise destroys phlegm, and massage destroys wind.
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AgP 280.33
स्नानं पित्ताधिकं हन्यात्तस्यान्ते चातपाः प्रियाः आतपक्लेशकर्मादौ क्षेमव्यायामिनो नराः
snānaṃ pittādhikaṃ hanyāttasyānte cātapāḥ priyāḥ ātapakleśakarmādau kṣemavyāyāmino narāḥ
Bathing destroys excess bile; at the end of it sunshine is agreeable. Men who exercise moderately are at ease in work involving sun and toil and the like.
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