Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 46
Bala-graha-hara Bāla-tantram (बालग्रहहर बालतन्त्रम्) — Pediatric protection and graha-affliction management
राजीनिस्वदलैर् धूपो यक्षिणी च चतुर्दशे चेष्टा शूलं ज्वरो दाहो मांसभक्षादिकैर् बलिः
rājīnisvadalair dhūpo yakṣiṇī ca caturdaśe ceṣṭā śūlaṃ jvaro dāho māṃsabhakṣādikair baliḥ
రాజీనీ ఆకులతో ధూపనం చేయవలెను; చతుర్దశ (దిన/వ్రత) న యక్షిణీ విధి నిర్దిష్టమైంది. చేష్టా వికారం, శూలం, జ్వరం, దాహం మొదలైన వాటికి మాంసం, భక్ష్యములు మొదలైనవాటితో బలి సమర్పించవలెను.
Lord Agni (in discourse to sage Vasiṣṭha, as per the dominant Agni Purana narration frame)
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Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Procedure","entry_title":"Rājīnī-patra Dhūpa and Yakṣiṇī-kalpa; Bali for ceṣṭā–śūla–jvara–dāha","lookup_keywords":["rājīnī leaves dhūpa","yakṣiṇī kalpa","ceṣṭā vikāra","śūla jvara dāha","māṃsa bali"],"quick_summary":"Fumigate using rājīnī leaves and perform the fourteenth-day yakṣiṇī rite; for symptoms like abnormal movements, colic, fever, and burning, offer a bali including meat/edibles as specified for pacification."}
Dosha: Tridosha
Concept: When afflictions are framed as graha/bhūta influence, therapy integrates dravya (dhūpa), karma (bali), and kāla (day-specific rite) to restore order.
Application: Combine environmental purification (fumigation) with structured propitiation; keep symptom lists as triggers for selecting the appropriate śānti-kalpa.
Khanda Section: Mantra-Tantra & Bhuta/Yakshini-Kalpa (Ritual prescriptions and spirit-related rites)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A protective rite: rājīnī leaves smolder in a dhūpa-vessel sending smoke around a patient or shrine; offerings including meat are placed as bali to pacify yakṣiṇī/graha-linked symptoms (tremors, colic, fever, burning).","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: dramatic smoky dhūpa scene with priest circling a brazier of rājīnī leaves around a seated afflicted person; nearby bali plates including meat; stylized protective diagrams, deep reds and browns, lamp-lit temple ambience.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: ornate ritual altar with gold accents; thick incense smoke rising from a decorated dhūpa-holder; priest presenting bali platter; symbolic yakṣiṇī presence hinted as a small guardian figure in the background.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: instructional depiction of dhūpa apparatus, rājīnī leaves bundle, and bali items laid out; patient shown with heat/fever cues; clean composition emphasizing procedure.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature: courtyard ritual with detailed smoke curls; attendants hold leaf bundles; bali offerings arranged on carpets; physician-priest observing patient’s tremor and fever; fine botanical rendering of rājīnī leaves."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi (for śānti/exorcistic gravity)","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: rājīnisvadalair = rājīni-sva-dalaiḥ; māṃsabhakṣādikaiḥ = māṃsa-bhakṣa-ādikaiḥ.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 298 (yakṣiṇī/bhūta prescriptions; bali materials)
FAQs
It prescribes a specific dhūpa (fumigation) using rājīnī leaves and a bali (appeasement offering) protocol—linked to Yakṣiṇī-related rites—applied when afflictive symptoms like ceṣṭā (spasms/restlessness), śūla (colic), jvara (fever), and dāha (burning) are present.
It exemplifies the text’s practical cataloging of specialized procedures—herbal fumigation, spirit-rite sequencing (“fourteenth”), and symptom-targeted offerings—blending ritual technology with a quasi-clinical listing of conditions, typical of the Agni Purana’s compendium style.
The verse frames illness-like afflictions as addressable through śānti-style appeasement: dhūpa and bali act as purificatory and protective measures, aimed at restoring harmony, averting malevolent influence, and reducing suffering through prescribed dharmic rites.