Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 16
अध्यायः २८६ — गजचिकित्सा
Elephant Medicine
तैलमूषणसंयुक्तं गलग्रहगदापहम् अष्टभिर्लवणैः पिष्ठैः प्रसन्नाः पाययेद्घृतम्
tailamūṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ galagrahagadāpaham aṣṭabhirlavaṇaiḥ piṣṭhaiḥ prasannāḥ pāyayedghṛtam
तेल व उष्ण (तीक्ष्ण) द्रव्ययुक्त घृत गलग्रह व कंठरोग नाशक आहे. अष्ट लवणांच्या कल्कासह मिसळून ते नीट प्रसन्न (स्वच्छ) करून ते घृत पाजावे।
Lord Agni (instructional narration to Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s encyclopedic discourse)
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Dosha: Kapha
Concept: Samskṛta-sneha (properly processed ghee) becomes a carrier for penetrating agents (lavaṇa, uṣṇa) to resolve obstruction.
Application: Codifies a reproducible throat-remedy preparation and administration route (pāna).
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Agni Purana medicinal remedies)
Primary Rasa: shanta
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: अष्टभिर्लवणैः = अष्टभिः + लवणैः; पाययेद्घृतम् = पाययेत् + घृतम् (द् + घ् संधि).
Related Themes: Agni Purana Khanda 286 (ghee/oil preparations; throat remedies)
FAQs
It gives an Ayurvedic therapeutic instruction: prepare and orally administer a medicated ghee processed with oil, a heating adjunct, and a paste of the “eight salts,” indicated for galagraha (throat constriction/obstruction) and related throat ailments.
Beyond theology, the Agni Purana preserves practical medical formulations (chikitsā)—here, a precise ghṛta-based remedy with defined processing substances (oil, heating agent, aṣṭa-lavaṇa), illustrating its role as a compendium of applied sciences alongside ritual and dharma.
In Purāṇic framing, preserving health supports dharma and daily rites; relieving obstructive throat disease enables recitation, breath regulation, and ritual participation—thus indirectly sustaining religious practice and merit through bodily fitness.