Gañjāyi

Gañjāyi

Grammar: noun; the plant’s name as the Telugu text prints it.

Meaning: a plant used in medicine against snake poison.

In the scriptures: Kaśyapa Prajāpati, teaching Gautama the kinds of snakes and their poisons, gives a pill: varāhakarṇī, gajapippalī, gañjāyi, pippalī, devadāru, ippa, vāvili and iṅguva are ground fine and made into round pills, and this medicine takes away the poison of snakes. Sumantu Muni then tells Śatānīka that Kaśyapa taught all this to Gautama, and gives the Nāga Pañcamī vrata (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 36).

Related terms: Pippalī · Devadāru · Nāga Pañcamī

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 36