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
မုန်ပဲ (mung) ငါးအတိုင်းအတာဖြင့် ဘလိ (အပူဇော်အလှူ) ပေးလျှင် ဝမ်းလျှောရောဂါမှ လွတ်မြောက်သည်။ ပဉ္စဂဝျ (နွားမှ ထွက်သော အရာငါးမျိုး) ဖြင့် (လူနာကို) ရေချိုးပေးလျှင် ဝါတ (vāta) ကြောင့် ဖြစ်သော ရောဂါများကို ဖျက်ဆီးရမည်။
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.