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Agni Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 1 · Muhurta: Marriage, Home, Farming
ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
गोरोचनाकुङ्कुमेन(भूर्जेऽथ सुभगावृते ।गोमध्यवागमः पत्रे हरिद्राया रसेन च ॥ १८ ॥
In the full Agni Purana this is chapter 121, verse 18.
With gorochana (a yellow pigment) and saffron, on birch bark. On a leaf, with turmeric juice too. (Our text is unclear here: the words after birch bark and before leaf.)
Simple meaning: The figure is written on bark or a leaf with saffron and turmeric.
शिलापट्टेऽरीन्स्तम्भयति भूमावधोमुखीकृतम् ।
The figure on a slab, face down, holds enemies in check.
गोरोचनाकुङ्कुमेन) भूर्जे मृत्युनिवारणम् ।
This bark figure is said to keep death away. The counts 1, 5 and 9 bring love.
त्रिसप्तैकादशे लाभो वेदाष्टद्वादशे रिपुः ।
The 3rd, 7th and 11th bring gain. The 4th, 8th and 12th bring an enemy.