Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 27
Chapter 291 — Śāntyāyurveda
Ayurveda for Pacificatory Rites): Go-śānti, Penance-Regimens, and Therapeutics (incl. Veterinary Care
शृङ्गवेरं हरिद्रे द्वे त्रिफला च गलग्रहे हृच्छूले वस्तिशूले च वातरोगे क्षये तथा
śṛṅgaveraṃ haridre dve triphalā ca galagrahe hṛcchūle vastiśūle ca vātaroge kṣaye tathā
Dry ginger (śṛṅgavera), the two haridrās (turmeric and daruharidrā), and Triphalā are prescribed for obstruction or stricture of the throat; likewise for pain in the region of the heart, pain of the bladder or urinary tract, disorders caused by vāta, and also for consumption (kṣaya).
Lord Agni (teaching in an encyclopedic, medical instruction mode)
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Dosha: Vata
Concept: Yukti-based application of dravya-guṇa to multiple rogas via indication-lists.
Application: Build a physician’s quick-reference mapping of dravyas to symptom-clusters (obstruction, śūla, vāta, depletion).
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Agni Purana medicinal remedies and herbal formulations)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"An Ayurvedic vaidya in a small clinic weighing dry ginger, turmeric, daruharidra, and triphalā fruits, with a patient indicating throat obstruction and another holding the lower abdomen in pain.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural style, earthy reds and greens, an Ayurvedic physician preparing śuṇṭhī-haridrā-triphalā on a stone grinder, palm-leaf manuscript nearby, patients with throat and abdominal pain, flat iconic composition.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style with gold leaf accents, seated vaidya with brass vessels and triphalā fruits, turmeric rhizomes, ginger, labeled medicine bowls, devotional-clinic ambience, ornate border.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, fine linework, instructional tableau of four ingredients arranged neatly with Sanskrit labels, physician explaining indications to a student, calm interior setting.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, detailed apothecary scene with jars of powders, physician consulting a manuscript, patients in queue, naturalistic rendering of ginger and turmeric, delicate architecture backdrop."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: No major external sandhi; compounds analyzed: galagraha, hṛcchūla, vastiśūla, vātaroga; triphalā as dvigu.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 291 (Ayurveda/Bhaiṣajya lists continuing in adjacent verses)
FAQs
Ayurvedic therapeutic knowledge: it lists a specific herbal set—dry ginger, the two turmerics, and Triphalā—indicated for throat obstruction, heart-region pain, bladder/urinary pain, vāta disorders, and wasting disease (kṣaya).
Beyond theology and ritual, the Agni Purana preserves applied sciences; this verse exemplifies its Ayurveda layer by giving condition-based herbal indications (a practical materia medica entry embedded within a Purāṇic compendium).
In Purāṇic framing, maintaining health supports dharma: curing vāta imbalance and wasting illness helps sustain daily duties, worship, and disciplined living, thereby protecting one’s capacity for meritorious action.