Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 13
Chapter 288 — अश्वचिकित्सा
Aśva-cikitsā) | Horse-Medicine (Śālihotra to Suśruta
पिप्पलीसैन्धवयुतं शूलघ्नं चीष्णवारिणा नागरातिविषा मुस्ता सानन्ता बिल्वमालिका
pippalīsaindhavayutaṃ śūlaghnaṃ cīṣṇavāriṇā nāgarātiviṣā mustā sānantā bilvamālikā
पिंपळी व सैंधव मीठ मिसळून कोमट पाण्यासह सेवन केल्यास शूल (पोटदुखी) नष्ट होतो. (या योगात) नागर (सुंठ), अतिविषा, मुस्ता, अनंता आणि बिल्व—यांचे क्रमबद्ध मिश्रण (बिल्वमालिका) औषधी योग म्हणून वापरले जाते।
Lord Agni (teaching medicinal formulations to sage Vasiṣṭha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Samanya","practical_application":"A practical anti-colic (śūla) formulation: combine specified drugs with pippalī and saindhava, administered with warm water.","sutra_style":true}
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Dosha: Vata
Concept: Yukti (rational compounding): combining pungent, warming, and digestive agents to counter śūla.
Application: Household/clinical protocol: prepare simple combinations (salt + pippalī with warm water) and compound powders/decoctions for acute abdominal pain management in traditional settings.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Agni Purana medicinal remedies / Bhaiṣajya-vidyā)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A physician measures pippalī and rock-salt, pours warm water, and prepares a compound of ginger, ativīṣā, mustā, anantā, and bilva; a patient with abdominal pain is comforted as the remedy is administered.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: apothecary preparation with stylized pepper spikes and salt crystals; warm water vessel steaming; patient seated holding abdomen; bold colors and clear gestures of administration.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-highlighted medicine bowls; physician offering a small cup of warm water mixed with pippalī-saindhava; ornate domestic clinic setting with rich reds and gold.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: step-by-step instructional panel—ingredients arranged and labeled; mixing with warm water; administration; fine lines and calm palette for clarity.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature: detailed still-life of spices and roots; physician in a small clinic giving a draught; naturalistic rendering of pepper, ginger, and bilva fruit; intimate indoor scene."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Kapi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पिप्पलीसैन्धवयुतं = पिप्पली-सैन्धव-युतम्. चीष्णवारिणा = चीष्ण-वारिणा. सानन्ता = स-अनन्ता.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 288 (bhaiṣajya-vidyā sequences on formulations)
FAQs
Ayurvedic therapeutics (bhaiṣajya): a colic-relieving formulation using pippalī and saindhava, administered with warm water, along with a compound of nāgara, ativīṣā, mustā, anantā, and bilva.
It preserves practical medical guidance—specific herbs, a mode of administration (warm-water anupāna), and an indicated condition (śūla)—showing the text’s coverage beyond theology into applied Ayurveda.
By promoting healing and relief of suffering through dharmic, traditional medicine, it supports well-being (ārogya) that enables ritual practice, study, and righteous living—an indirect merit through sustaining dharma.