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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 36 · Vatavyadhi: past deeds
वातव्याधि — कर्मविपाकः
वायुदैवतमंत्रैश्च होमं तत्र प्रकल्पयेत् ।समिदाज्यचरुं हुत्वा शतमष्टोत्तरं द्विजः ॥
There he should do homa (fire offering) with mantras to the wind god. The priest should offer kindling sticks, clarified butter and cooked rice. He should do it one hundred and eight times.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अष्टाविंशतिमिवाथ दानमंत्रेण कारयेत् ।
Then he should have the gift made with the dana (gift) mantra, [after] twenty-eight more offerings. The mantra is: "O Vayu, you move among beings…
अनेन कृतमात्रेण यथोक्तेन विधानतः ।
The text says that this rite is done as told, in the proper way. Then the one troubled by vata (the wind humour) illness is freed from it. He lives…
इति वातव्याधिहरो मृगदानविधिः ।
This is the rite of the gift of a deer, which eases vata (the wind humour) illness.