An antidote powder including realgar and orpiment, mixed with the group of urines and the salts and kept in a horn, said to revive even a dying person.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- संजीवन अगद
- Hindi
- संजीवन अगद
- English
- Sanjivana antidote
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Manjishtha (Indian madder)मंजीठ (मञ्जिष्ठा) | मंजिष्ठा / मजीठ | Not stated |
| Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु) | मधु / मुलैठी | Not stated |
| Shigru (drumstick)सहजन (शिग्रु) | शिग्रुशिग्रु / लाल संेजिन, सफेद सेंजिन | Not stated |
| Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा) | रजनी / हल्दी | Not stated |
| Lac (laksha)लाख (लाक्षा) | ला़ा / लाख | Not stated |
| Realgar (manahshila)मैनसिल (मनःशिला) | शिला / मैनसिल | Not stated |
| Orpiment (haratala)हरताल (हरिताल) | आल / हरताल | Not stated |
| Ingudi (desert date)हिंगोट (इंगुदी) | इंगुदी / इंगुल | Not stated |
| Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला) | पृथवीका / इलायची | Not stated |
| Renuka seedरेणुका का बीज | हरेणुका / रेणुका | Not stated |
| Group of urines (eight kinds)आठ प्रकार के मूत्रVehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
| Panchalavana (five salts)पंच लवणVehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Taken in equal parts and powdered; the urines (the commentary: eight kinds) and the salts (five kinds) are mixed in thoroughly and it is kept in a horn.
उस चूर्ण में आठ प्रकार के मूत्र व पाँच प्रकार के लवण को मिलाकर अच्छी तरह आलोडन (मिलाना) कर श्रंृग में रखें।
How it is used
The text does not specify the route; it says its use revives even a dying person.
यदि उसका उपयोग करें तो बिल्कुल मरणोन्मुख-सा हुआ मनुष्य को भी जिलाता है। इसलिए इसका नाम संजीवन अगद है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Poisoning (visha)(मृतमप्यलं नरवरं संजीवनो जीवयेत्)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
मजीठ, मुलैठी, लाल संेजिन, सफेद सेंजिन, हल्दी, लाख मैनसिल, हरताल, इंगुल, इलायची, रेणुका इन सब अैषधियों को समभाग में लेकर अच्छी तरह चूर्ण करें।Source wording as converted, Chapter 19 · p. 433 · v. 121.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
Questions and answers
Why is the Sanjivana antidote so named, and how is it stored?
The text says it revives even a person close to death; it is kept in a horn.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse reading शिलालेंगुदी is taken as शिला, आल, इंगुदी; the commentary writes इंगुल, which may stand for the plant ingudi or for cinnabar. The text gives no caution for the realgar and orpiment.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 19
- Extraction tasks
- T21
- Record id
- formulation_sanjivana_agada_p505