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
Misturado com pippalī (pimenta longa) e saindhava (sal de rocha) e tomado com água morna, destrói a dor de cólica. O remédio emprega nāgara (gengibre seco), ativīṣā, mustā, anantā e bilva, dispostos em série como uma guirlanda, isto é, combinados numa única formulação.
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.