Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 7
Chapter 296 — Viṣa-cikitsā: Mantras and Antidotes for Poison, Stings, and Snake-bite
गुलु इति ञ ज्वालको कलदालिनेति ख कुटुत्रयं समेषाम्भो हरेन्नस्यादिना विषं रामठेक्ष्वाकुसर्वाङ्गचूर्णं नस्याद्विषापहं
gulu iti ña jvālako kaladālineti kha kuṭutrayaṃ sameṣāmbho harennasyādinā viṣaṃ rāmaṭhekṣvākusarvāṅgacūrṇaṃ nasyādviṣāpahaṃ
‘குலு’, ‘ஜ்வாலக’, ‘கலதாலின்’—இம்மூன்றையும் சம அளவு நீருடன் அரைத்து நஸ்யம் முதலிய முறையில் அளிக்க வேண்டும்; அதனால் விஷம் நீங்கும். அதுபோல ‘ராமட’ உடன் இக்ஷ்வாகு (தும்பி) செடியின் முழு உறுப்புகளின் பொடியை நஸ்யமாக அளித்தால் விஷம் அகலும்।
Lord Agni (in instruction to a sage, traditionally Vasiṣṭha)
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Concept: Nāsa-mārga as a rapid therapeutic channel; targeted delivery (nasya) for systemic toxin mitigation.
Application: Employ nasya as an emergency adjunct when oral intake is difficult or rapid action is desired.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Agni Purana medicinal remedies: toxicology and nasal therapy / nasya)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: कलदालिनेति → कलदालिने इति; समेषाम्भो → समेषाम् अम्भः; हरेन्नस्यादिना → हरेत् नस्य-आदिना; रामठेक्ष्वाकुसर्वाङ्गचूर्णं → रामठ-इक्ष्वाकु-सर्वाङ्ग-चूर्णम्; नस्याद्विषापहं → नस्यात् विष-अपहम्. Several mantra-syllables (गुलु, ञ, ख) treated as avyaya; some ingredient/mantra-names are rare/uncertain in case-usage.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 296.5-296.6 (routes of administration including añjana/pāna)
FAQs
Ayurvedic viṣa-cikitsā: it prescribes antitoxic nasal therapy (nasya) using a triad of drugs mixed with equal water, and another nasya using whole-plant Ikṣvāku powder with Rāmaṭha.
Beyond theology, it preserves practical medical protocols—drug groupings, preparation medium (equal water), dosage-route (nasya), and clinical aim (poison removal)—showing the text’s compendium-style coverage of applied sciences like Ayurveda.
By framing healing as dharmic knowledge transmitted through Agni’s teaching, the remedy supports bodily purification and protection of life—often treated in Purāṇic contexts as a prerequisite for sustaining ritual duty and righteous conduct.