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AGada Tantra
AGada Tantra
AGada Tantra
In the days of yore while the ocean churned by the Gods and demons for
ferocious looking person towards resplendent with aura and who had four
fangs, tawny hair and fiery eyes emerged the world was in despair at his site.
stages. It has ten attributes and the ailments caused by its affliction can be
Snakes, insects, spiders scorpions house lizards, leaches, fish frog, locusts,
chameleon, dogs, lion, tiger, jackal, hyena, mongoose etc. are the fanged
animals through whose fans the poison is transmitted. The poison of these
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The poisons of the immobile origin are the roots, leaves, fruits, bark, resin,
visha.
it takes some time for this type of poison to get metabolised and to produce
Snakes are classified into 3 categories viz. darvikara, mandali and rajilam
and they have aggravation of vayu, pitta and kapha respectively. Poisons of
all the types of snake cause aggravation of all the 3 doshas. But each
is described here.
Insects are of two types viz. dusi visa (those causing chronic poisoning) and
pranahara (those causing death). The insects belonging to dusi visa category
causes red, white, black or brownish black coloration of the part of the body.
which is bitter and the area becomes covered with pimples. The patient
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suffers from itching, burning sensation, eryspelas, and suppuration and
sloughing. The bite of the insects belonging to the pranahara (causing death)
with strong smell and bleeding. The patient suffers from heaviness of the
Like insects, spiders are also of 2 types viz- slow poisoning and pranahara.
The symptoms of the bite by spiders in general are edema ,pimples of white,
The bite by the rats of doshi visha(slow poisoning) type reduces signs and
symptoms like exudayion of blood having pale yellow colour from the site
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