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
El jengibre seco (śṛṅgavera), las dos haridrā (cúrcuma y daruharidrā) y Triphalā se prescriben para la obstrucción o estrechez de la garganta; asimismo para el dolor en la región del corazón, el dolor de la vejiga o vías urinarias, los trastornos causados por vāta y también para la consunción (kṣaya).
Lord Agni (teaching in an encyclopedic, medical instruction mode)
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Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"List","entry_title":"Śṛṅgavera–Haridrā-dvaya–Triphalā: indications (galagraha to kṣaya)","lookup_keywords":["śṛṅgavera","haridrā-dvaya","triphalā","galagraha","kṣaya"],"quick_summary":"The verse gives a compact indication-list: dry ginger, two turmerics, and triphalā are used across throat obstruction, cardiac-region pain, urinary/bladder pain, vāta disorders, and consumptive states."}
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.