Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 176

GaP 1 176.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १७६ श्रीभगवानुवाच । सप्तरात्रात्प्रजायन्ते खल्वाटस्य कचाः शुभाः । दग्धहस्तिदन्तलेपात्साजाक्षीररसाञ्जनात्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 176 śrībhagavānuvāca / saptarātrātprajāyante khalvāṭasya kacāḥ śubhāḥ / dagdhahastidantalepātsājākṣīrarasāñjanāt

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 176. The Blessed Lord said: Within seven nights good hair grows on a bald man, from an application of burnt elephant tusk with goat's milk, (plant) juice and collyrium.

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GaP 1 176.2

भृङ्गराजरसेनैव चतुर्भागेन साधितम् । केशवृद्धिकरं तैलं गुञ्जाचूर्णान्वितेन च

bhṛṅgarājarasenaiva caturbhāgena sādhitam / keśavṛddhikaraṃ tailaṃ guñjācūrṇānvitena ca

Oil prepared with a fourth part of bhṛṅgarāja juice promotes the growth of hair, and (so does that prepared) with guñjā powder added.

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GaP 1 176.3

एलामांसीकुष्ठमुरायुक्तमभ्यङ्गतः शिवम् । गुञ्जाफलं समादेयं लेपनं चन्द्रलुप्तनुत्

elāmāṃsīkuṣṭhamurāyuktamabhyaṅgataḥ śivam / guñjāphalaṃ samādeyaṃ lepanaṃ candraluptanut

Combined with elā, māṃsī, kuṣṭha and murā, it is beneficial as an unguent. Guñjā fruit should be taken; as a paste it removes alopecia.

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GaP 1 176.4

आम्रास्थिचूर्णलेपाद्वै केशाः सूक्ष्मा भवन्ति च । करञ्जामलकैलाललाक्षालेपो ऽरुणापहः

āmrāsthicūrṇalepādvai keśāḥ sūkṣmā bhavanti ca / karañjāmalakailālalākṣālepo 'ruṇāpahaḥ

From an application of powdered mango stone the hairs become fine; a paste of karañja, āmalaka, elā and lac removes the reddishness (of the hair).

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GaP 1 176.5

आम्रास्थिमज्जामलकलेपात्केशा भवन्ति वै । बद्धमूला घना दीर्घाः स्नग्धाः स्युर्नोत्पतन्ति च

āmrāsthimajjāmalakalepātkeśā bhavanti vai / baddhamūlā ghanā dīrghāḥ snagdhāḥ syurnotpatanti ca

From an application of the kernel of mango stone and of āmalaka the hairs become firmly rooted, thick, long and glossy, and they do not fall out.

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GaP 1 176.6

विडङ्गगन्धपाषाणसाधितं तैलमुत्तमम् । सचतुर्गुणगोमूत्रं मनसः शिलमेव वा

viḍaṅgagandhapāṣāṇasādhitaṃ tailamuttamam / sacaturguṇagomūtraṃ manasaḥ śilameva vā

Oil prepared with viḍaṅga and sulphur is excellent, (as is that prepared) with four times the amount of cow's urine, or else with realgar.

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GaP 1 176.7

शिरो ऽभ्यङ्गाच्छिराजन्मयूकालिख्याः क्षयं नयेत् । नवदग्धं शङ्खचूर्णं घृष्टसीसकलेपितम्

śiro 'bhyaṅgācchirājanmayūkālikhyāḥ kṣayaṃ nayet / navadagdhaṃ śaṅkhacūrṇaṃ ghṛṣṭasīsakalepitam

By anointing the head it destroys the lice that breed on the head. Freshly burnt conch powder, smeared on with ground lead—

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GaP 1 176.8

कचाः श्लक्ष्णा महाकृष्णा भवन्ति वृषभध्वज । भृङ्गराजं लोहचूर्णं त्रिफला बीजपूरकम्

kacāḥ ślakṣṇā mahākṛṣṇā bhavanti vṛṣabhadhvaja / bhṛṅgarājaṃ lohacūrṇaṃ triphalā bījapūrakam

—the hairs become smooth and very black, O bull-bannered one. Bhṛṅgarāja, iron powder, triphalā, citron,

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GaP 1 176.9

नीली च करवीरं च गुडमेतैः समं शृतम् । पलितानीह कृष्णानि कुर्याल्लेपान्महौषधम्

nīlī ca karavīraṃ ca guḍametaiḥ samaṃ śṛtam / palitānīha kṛṣṇāni kuryāllepānmahauṣadham

nīlī, karavīra and jaggery—boiled in equal parts with these, this great remedy, by application, turns grey hairs black.

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GaP 1 176.10

आम्रास्थिमज्जा त्रिफला नी (ता) ली च भृङ्ग राजकम् । जीर्णं पक्वं लोहचूर्णं काञ्जिकं कृष्णकेशकृत्

āmrāsthimajjā triphalā nī (tā) lī ca bhṛṅga rājakam / jīrṇaṃ pakvaṃ lohacūrṇaṃ kāñjikaṃ kṛṣṇakeśakṛt

The kernel of mango stone, triphalā, nīlī and bhṛṅgarāja, old well-cooked iron powder, and sour gruel: (this) makes the hair black.

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GaP 1 176.11

चक्रमर्दकबीजानि कुष्ठमेरण्डमूलकम् । अत्यम्लकाञ्जिकं पिष्ट्वा लेपान्मस्तकरोगनुत्

cakramardakabījāni kuṣṭhameraṇḍamūlakam / atyamlakāñjikaṃ piṣṭvā lepānmastakaroganut

Cakramarda seeds, kuṣṭha and castor root, ground up with very sour gruel, remove disease of the head when applied as a paste.

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GaP 1 176.12

सैन्धवं च वचा हिङ्गु कुष्ठं नागेश्वरं तथा । शतपुष्पा देवदारु एभिस्तैलं तु साधितम्

saindhavaṃ ca vacā hiṅgu kuṣṭhaṃ nāgeśvaraṃ tathā / śatapuṣpā devadāru ebhistailaṃ tu sādhitam

Rock salt, vacā, hiṅgu, kuṣṭha and nāgeśvara, likewise śatapuṣpā and devadāru: oil prepared with these,

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GaP 1 176.13

गोपुरीपरसेनैव चतुर्भागेन संयुतम् । तत्कणभरणादुग्रकर्णशूलं क्षयं नयेत्

gopurīparasenaiva caturbhāgena saṃyutam / tatkaṇabharaṇādugrakarṇaśūlaṃ kṣayaṃ nayet

combined with a fourth part of cow's urine—by filling (the ear) with that drop by drop it makes violent earache waste away.

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GaP 1 176.14

मेषमूत्रसैन्धवाभ्यां कर्णयोर्भरणाच्छिव । कर्णयोः पूतिनाशः स्यात्कृमिस्त्रावादिकस्य च

meṣamūtrasaindhavābhyāṃ karṇayorbharaṇācchiva / karṇayoḥ pūtināśaḥ syātkṛmistrāvādikasya ca

By filling the ears with sheep's urine and rock salt, O Śiva, there is destruction of foulness in the ears, and of worms, discharge and the like.

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GaP 1 176.15

मालतीपुप्पदलयो रसेन भरणात्तथा । गोजलेनैव पूरेण पूयस्त्रावो विनश्यति

mālatīpuppadalayo rasena bharaṇāttathā / gojalenaiva pūreṇa pūyastrāvo vinaśyati

Likewise from filling (the ears) with the juice of mālatī flowers and leaves, and by filling (them) with cow's urine, the discharge of pus is destroyed.

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GaP 1 176.16

कष्ठमाषमरीचानि तगरं मधु पिप्पली । अपामार्गो ऽश्वगन्धा च बृहती सितसर्षपाः

kaṣṭhamāṣamarīcāni tagaraṃ madhu pippalī / apāmārgo 'śvagandhā ca bṛhatī sitasarṣapāḥ

Kaṣṭha(?), black gram, and pepper, tagara, honey, long pepper, apāmārga, aśvagandhā, bṛhatī, and white mustard seeds—

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