Agni Purana — Veda-vidhana & Vamsha, Shloka 19
अध्याय २७८: सिद्धौषधानि
Siddha Medicines / Perfected Remedies
मुद्गाः सयवगोधूमा धान्यं वर्षस्थतञ्च यत् जाङ्गलस्य रसः शस्तो भोजने राजयक्ष्मिणां
mudgāḥ sayavagodhūmā dhānyaṃ varṣasthatañca yat jāṅgalasya rasaḥ śasto bhojane rājayakṣmiṇāṃ
សម្រាប់អ្នករងរោគរាជយក្ស្មា (rājayakṣmā) គួរណែនាំមុដ្គ (សណ្តែកបៃតង) ធញ្ញជាតិដូចជា យវ (barley) និងគោធូម (wheat) និងធញ្ញជាតិណាដែលបានរក្សាទុកឆ្លងរដូវវស្សា។ ដូចគ្នានេះ ទឹកសាច់/ទឹកស៊ុបនៃសត្វប្រភេទជាង្គល (jāṅgala) ក៏ល្អជាអាហារ។
Lord Agni (in dialogue tradition, instructing sage Vasiṣṭha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","practical_application":"Nourishing yet digestible diet guidance for rājayakṣmā (consumption), emphasizing stored grains, mung, barley/wheat, and jāṅgala meat-broth for strength.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"List","entry_title":"Rājayakṣmā Pathya: Mudga, Yava-Godhūma, Varṣa-sthita Dhānya and Jāṅgala Rasa","lookup_keywords":["rājayakṣmā","mudga","varṣa-sthita dhānya","yava","jāṅgala rasa"],"quick_summary":"For consumption-like wasting disorders, recommend easily assimilable grains (including rain-season-aged stores), mung, barley/wheat, and light dry-land meat broth to support strength and recovery."}
Dosha: Tridosha
Concept: In dhātu-kṣaya disorders, pathya aims at brimhaṇa without overburdening agni—strength through digestibility.
Application: Choose foods that rebuild gradually (mudga, stored grains, light broths) and avoid heavy, clogging items that worsen weakness and appetite loss.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Rogacikitsa / Pathya-Apathya for specific diseases)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: Kingdom
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A convalescent patient being served mung preparation, bowls of barley and wheat, jars of stored grain, and a pot of clear jāṅgala meat broth in a calm healing setting.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style sickroom with vaidya and attendants, offering light broth and grains, subdued earthy palette, stylized vessels and textiles.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting with gold-worked vessels of broth and grains, compassionate physician figure, ornate frame, warm restorative colors.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting showing a regimen chart-like arrangement of mudga, yava, godhūma, stored grain, and broth pot, fine detailing and soft tones.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature of a noble patient in bed, physician advising, attendants bringing trays of grains and a steaming broth pot, intricate interior details."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Ahir Bhairav","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: सयवगोधूमा → स + यव + गोधूमाः (द्वन्द्व-समाहार/सूची); वर्षस्थतञ्च → वर्षस्थतम् + च; केचित् पाठे ‘वर्षस्थतं’ = वर्षे स्थितं (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष).
Related Themes: Agni Purana 278 (Rogacikitsā; rājayakṣmā pathya)
FAQs
Ayurvedic pathya (dietary prescription) for rājayakṣmā: recommending light, nourishing grains/legumes (mudga, barley, wheat, aged grain) and jāṅgala meat-broth as suitable food.
It shows the Agni Purana functioning as a compendium that includes practical Ayurvedic therapeutics—specific disease-wise dietary guidance—alongside its ritual, cosmological, and dharma materials.
By preserving the body through prescribed wholesome diet (pathya) during illness, one sustains dharma-practice (daily duties, japa, worship); caring for health is treated as supportive to righteous living rather than mere indulgence.