Agni Purana — Veda-vidhana & Vamsha, Shloka 14
Māheśvara-snāna: Lakṣa/Koṭi-homa, Protective Baths, Unguents, and Graha-Śānti
पञ्चमुद्गबलिन्दत्वा अतिसारात् प्रमुच्यते पञ्चगव्येन संस्नाप्य वातव्याधिं विनाशयेत्
pañcamudgabalindatvā atisārāt pramucyate pañcagavyena saṃsnāpya vātavyādhiṃ vināśayet
Dengan mempersembahkan bali (korban/oblat) lima sukatan kacang hijau (mung), seseorang terlepas daripada cirit-birit. Dengan memandikan (pesakit) dengan pañcagavya (lima hasil lembu), hendaklah dimusnahkan penyakit yang timbul daripada vāta.
Lord Agni (in discourse to the sage Vasiṣṭha, typical Agni Purana narration frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Vrata","practical_application":"Ritualized remedies: offering a five-measure mung-bean bali for relief from atisāra (diarrhoea) and bathing with pañcagavya to counter vāta-origin diseases—combining dietetic/ritual purification with doṣa therapy.","sutra_style":true}
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Dosha: Vata
Concept: Applied knowledge (prayoga) where ritual offerings and purificatory baths are aligned with bodily balance (doṣa) and disease relief.
Application: Use structured, repeatable procedures (bali, snāna) as adjuncts to diet and treatment, maintaining cleanliness and appropriate medical oversight.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Agni Purana medicinal remedies and therapeutic rites)
Primary Rasa: Shanta
Secondary Rasa: Karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A healer-priest offers a measured mound of mung beans as bali at a small altar; nearby, a patient is bathed with pañcagavya in a purification setting, indicating relief from diarrhoea and vāta disorders.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural; ritual bali with five measured portions of green mung on a leaf plate, priest chanting; adjacent purification bath scene with attendants holding vessels of pañcagavya, earthy sacred palette and bold outlines","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore; altar with mung-bean offering rendered with gold accents, cow-symbol motifs, patient receiving ritual bath, ornate borders and embossed highlights","mysore_prompt":"Mysore; instructional split-scene: left shows ‘pañca-mudga’ measured offering, right shows pañcagavya snāna steps with labeled vessels, clean lines and didactic clarity","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature; detailed domestic courtyard with small altar, measured mung heaps, attendants preparing bathing vessels, naturalistic textures and refined architectural framing"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पञ्चमुद्गबलिन्दत्वा: sandhi/orthography suggests a gerund in -त्वा; interpreted as पञ्च-मुद्ग-बलिन्-दत्वा with dvigu ‘पञ्च-’ as numerical prefix. पञ्चगव्येन (द्विगु).
Related Themes: Agni Purana 266 (auṣadha-yoga, snāna, bali, roga-śamana)
FAQs
It teaches a combined ritual-medical remedy: a bali offering of five measures of mudga (mung) for atisāra (diarrhoea) and a therapeutic bath using pañcagavya to alleviate vāta-type diseases.
It exemplifies the Agni Purana’s practical compendium style by embedding Ayurvedic disease categories (atisāra, vāta-vyādhi) alongside ritual procedure (bali, purificatory bathing), showing medicine, dharma, and rite functioning together.
The bali and pañcagavya bath function as purification acts: they are presented not only as therapies but as ritually meritorious means to remove impurity and restore bodily and subtle balance associated with vāta disturbance.