Agni Purana — Chapter 281
AgP 281.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे रसादिलक्षणं नामाशीत्यधिकद्विसततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२८१} :श् अथैकाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः वृक्षायुर्वेदः धन्वन्तरिर् उवाच वृक्षायुर्वेदमाख्यास्ये प्लक्षश्चोत्तरतः शुभः प्राग्वटो याम्यतस्त्वाम्र आप्ये ऽश्वत्थः कर्मेण तु
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe rasādilakṣaṇaṃ nāmāśītyadhikadvisatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {281} :ś athaikāśītyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ vṛkṣāyurvedaḥ dhanvantarir uvāca vṛkṣāyurvedamākhyāsye plakṣaścottarataḥ śubhaḥ prāgvaṭo yāmyatastvāmra āpye 'śvatthaḥ karmeṇa tu
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred and eightieth chapter, called "The Characteristics of Tastes and So Forth." || Chapter 281. Now the two hundred and eighty-first chapter: the Science of the Life of Trees. Dhanvantari said: I shall declare the science of the life of trees. The plakṣa (tree) is auspicious on the north; the banyan on the east, the mango on the south, the aśvattha on the west — by (this) arrangement.
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AgP 281.2
दक्षिणां दिशमुत्पन्नाः समीपे कण्टकद्रुमाः उद्यानं गृहवासे(१) स्यात् तिलान् वाप्यथ पुष्पितान्
dakṣiṇāṃ diśamutpannāḥ samīpe kaṇṭakadrumāḥ udyānaṃ gṛhavāse(1) syāt tilān vāpyatha puṣpitān
Thorny trees (should be) grown nearby toward the southern direction. There should be a garden at the house-dwelling; and one should sow sesame, then, when they are in flower,
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AgP 281.3
गृह्णीयाद्रोपयेद्वृक्षान् द्विजञ्चन्द्रं प्रपूज्य च ध्रुवाणि पञ्च वायव्यं हस्तं प्राजेशवैष्णवं
gṛhṇīyādropayedvṛkṣān dvijañcandraṃ prapūjya ca dhruvāṇi pañca vāyavyaṃ hastaṃ prājeśavaiṣṇavaṃ
one should take (them) and plant the trees, having first worshipped a brahmin and the moon. The five "fixed" (asterisms), the Vāyavya (Svāti), Hasta, the Prājeśa (Rohiṇī) and the Vaiṣṇava (Śravaṇa),
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AgP 281.4
नक्षत्राणि तथा मूलं शस्यन्ते द्रुमरोपणे प्रवेशयेन्नदीवाहान् पुष्करिण्यान्तु(२) कारयेत्
nakṣatrāṇi tathā mūlaṃ śasyante drumaropaṇe praveśayennadīvāhān puṣkariṇyāntu(2) kārayet
these asterisms, and Mūla too, are commended for the planting of trees. One should bring in river channels, and should have a lotus-pond made.
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AgP 281.5
:न् १ गृहवामे इति ञ॥ २ पुष्करिण्यान्त्विति पाठो न सम्यक् प्रतिभाति :प् ४२ हस्ता मघा तथा मैत्रमाद्यं पुष्यं सवासवं जलाशयसमारम्भे वारुणञ्चोत्तरात्रयम्
:n 1 gṛhavāme iti ña.. 2 puṣkariṇyāntviti pāṭho na samyak pratibhāti :p 42 hastā maghā tathā maitramādyaṃ puṣyaṃ savāsavaṃ jalāśayasamārambhe vāruṇañcottarātrayam
[Notes: 1. 'gṛhavāme' in manuscript ña. 2. The reading 'puṣkariṇyāntu' does not seem correct. p. 42] Hastā, Maghā, and the Maitra (Anurādhā), the first (Aśvinī?), Puṣya together with the Vāsava (Dhaniṣṭhā), the Vāruṇa (Śatabhiṣaj) and the three Uttarās (are commended) at the beginning of (making) a reservoir.
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AgP 281.6
संपूज्य वरुणं विष्णुं पर्जन्यं तत् समाचरेत् अरिष्टाशोकपुन्नागशिरीषाः सप्रियङ्गवः
saṃpūjya varuṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ parjanyaṃ tat samācaret ariṣṭāśokapunnāgaśirīṣāḥ sapriyaṅgavaḥ
Having worshipped Varuṇa, Viṣṇu and Parjanya, one should carry that out. The ariṣṭa, aśoka, punnāga and śirīṣa trees, together with the priyaṅgu,
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AgP 281.7
अशोकः कदली जम्बुस् तथा वकुलदाडिमाः सायं प्रातस्तु घर्मर्तौ शीतकाले दिनान्तरे
aśokaḥ kadalī jambus tathā vakuladāḍimāḥ sāyaṃ prātastu gharmartau śītakāle dināntare
the aśoka, plantain, jambu, and likewise the vakula and pomegranate — the planted trees are to be watered evening and morning in the hot season, and in the cold season every other day,
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AgP 281.8
वर्षारत्रौ भुवः शोषे सेक्तव्या रोपिता द्रुमाः उत्तमं विंशतिर्हस्ता मध्यमं षोडशान्तरम्
varṣāratrau bhuvaḥ śoṣe sektavyā ropitā drumāḥ uttamaṃ viṃśatirhastā madhyamaṃ ṣoḍaśāntaram
and in the rainy season (only) when the ground is dry. Twenty cubits is the best interval, sixteen the middling,
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AgP 281.9
स्थानात् स्थानान्तरं कार्यं वृक्षाणां द्वादशावरं विफलाः स्युर्घना वृक्षाः शस्त्रेणादौ हि शोधनम्
sthānāt sthānāntaraṃ kāryaṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ dvādaśāvaraṃ viphalāḥ syurghanā vṛkṣāḥ śastreṇādau hi śodhanam
and twelve the least, for the moving of trees from one place to another. Crowded trees become fruitless; at the outset, then, cleaning (them) with a blade (is done).
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AgP 281.10
विडङ्गघृतपङ्काक्तान् सेचयेच्छीतवारिणा फलनाशे कुलथैश् च मासैर् मुद्गैर् यवैस्तिलैः
viḍaṅgaghṛtapaṅkāktān secayecchītavāriṇā phalanāśe kulathaiś ca māsair mudgair yavaistilaiḥ
Smeared with a paste of viḍaṅga and ghee, they should be watered with cold water. When there is loss of fruit, (a preparation) with kulattha beans, māṣa beans, mung beans, barley and sesame,
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AgP 281.11
घृतशीतपयःसेकः फलपुष्पाय सर्वदा आविकाजशकृच्चूर्णम् यवचूर्णं तिलानि च
ghṛtaśītapayaḥsekaḥ phalapuṣpāya sarvadā āvikājaśakṛccūrṇam yavacūrṇaṃ tilāni ca
and a watering with ghee and cool milk, is always (used) for fruit and flower. Powdered sheep- and goat-dung, barley-flour, and sesame,
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AgP 281.12
गोमांसमुदकञ्चैव सप्तरात्रं निधापयेत् उत्सेकः सर्ववृक्षाणां फलपुष्पादिवृद्धिदः
gomāṃsamudakañcaiva saptarātraṃ nidhāpayet utsekaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ phalapuṣpādivṛddhidaḥ
and beef and water — (this) one should have kept for seven nights. Sprinkling (with it) gives increase of fruit, flowers and the rest to all trees.
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AgP 281.13
मत्स्याम्भसा तु सेकेन वृद्धिर्भवति शाखिनः विडङ्गतण्डुलोपेतं मत्स्यं मांसं हि दोहदं सर्वेषामविशेषेण वृक्षाणां रोगमर्दनम्
matsyāmbhasā tu sekena vṛddhirbhavati śākhinaḥ viḍaṅgataṇḍulopetaṃ matsyaṃ māṃsaṃ hi dohadaṃ sarveṣāmaviśeṣeṇa vṛkṣāṇāṃ rogamardanam
But by watering with fish-water there is growth of a tree. Fish-flesh together with viḍaṅga and rice-grains is indeed a "craving-food" (fertilizer); without distinction it crushes the diseases of all trees.
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