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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 46 · Gulma: past deeds
गुल्म — कर्मविपाकः
प्रकारांतरमपि दर्शयति पद्मपुराणे गुल्मी स्यादंत्यजागमने ।
The text shows another cause too. The Padma Purana speaks of an antyaja (a person of the lowest caste, in the old social order) woman. One who went to her may get gulma (abdominal lump).
Classical view, not medical advice.
वोधायनः — सौवर्ण राजतं ताम्रं कारयेत्कांस्यतोऽपि वा ।
Baudhayana says: A man should make Vighnesha (Ganesha) of gold, silver, copper or bronze. Or he can make him of the wood of the arka (crown flower…
पुष्करं कारयेद्धैमं सौवर्ण लोचनद्वयम् ।
Make the tip of his trunk of gold, and his two eyes of gold. Also make his mouse, as the god's form is.
नागयज्ञोपवीतं च कल्पयेत्तस्य गुल्मवान् ।
The one with the lump should also make a snake as his sacred thread. Next [dress the image] in fine clothes, with sandalwood, agaru (aloe wood) and…