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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 58 · Udara: past deeds
उदररोग — कर्मविपाकः
धर्मनिश्चयार्थं स्वामिना नियुक्तस्य ततो व्ययमाचरतः प्राड्विवाकस्य मंत्रिणो वा जलोदरत्वं तस्य प्रायश्चित्तं मासत्रयं पयोव्रतं शतब्राह्मणभोजनं कारयेत् । महादेवस्य सहस्रकलशाभिषेकं कुर्यात् इति ॥
A judge or a minister is appointed by his lord to decide what is right. He may then spend from what is in his charge. The text says such a one may get water-belly (swelling of the belly with water). For his amends, he should keep a milk-only fast for three months. He should have one hundred brahmanas (priests) fed. He should do the abhisheka (ritual pouring of water) of Mahadeva (Shiva) with a thousand water pots.
Classical view, not medical advice.
जलोदरे पद्मपुराणे —
The Padma Purana says, on water-belly (swelling of the belly with water): One who goes to a wicked woman may suffer from belly swelling. To bring…
बोधायनः —
Bodhayana says: Make a good makara (a sea-creature like a crocodile) of silver, and also of copper. Make it of three pala (weight unit of about 48…
पुच्छे रत्नानि देयानि कटिं रौप्येण कारयेत् ।
Set gems in its tail. Make its waist of silver. Make its two eyes of gold. Make its tongue of brass.