Gandhanāḍi
Gandhanāḍi · gandha-nāḍi
Grammar: noun; gandha (fragrance) and nāḍi.
Meaning: a plant whose root is used in medicine against snake poison.
In the scriptures: Kaśyapa Prajāpati teaches Gautama about poison that has reached the marma sthāna, when the bitten one lies as if dead. He gives the medicine that Rudra himself told: mayūra pitta, mārjāla pitta, the root of gandhanāḍi, the kuṃkuma flower, nandivardhana, ceṅgalva koshṭu, the upper bark of kasinda, and the filaments of the kaluva, the tāmara and the tellagaluva. These are taken in equal parts, ground fine in cow’s urine and given to the bitten one. While this medicine is at hand, the bitten one does not die; even one bitten by a Kāla-sarpa is freed of poison at once. This is the Mṛta-sañjīvinī, also given as añjana and as nasya (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 35).
Related terms: Mṛta-sañjīvinī · Gomūtra
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 35