apāmārga

apāmārga m. (-rgaḥ) A plant, (Achyranthes aspera.)

E. apa, mṛja to clean, with āṅ prefixed, and ghañ affix; the ashes are used in washing linen.

apā_mārga (gaḥ) 1. m. A plant (Achy-
ranthes aspera).

apāmārga Tatpur. m. (-rgaḥ) The name of a plant (Achyranthes

aspera) which is employed for sacrificial purposes, it being

supposed to have the power of removing sins, and also as

a medicament; it has three varieties: the white, the red and

the water-Apāmārga. The white variety is described as ‘a

little pungent, hot, bitterish, astringent or constipating,

emetic, pungent (sic), increasing the digestion, or stomachic,

and applied against diseases from phlegm, the itch, piles,

diseases of the stomach, of the blood, of serous secretions,

of the vital airs, against cutaneous eruptions, leprosy, in-

dolent tumors and nausea’--; the red variety is ‘a little

pungent, cold, constipating, emetic, obstructing the circu-

lation of the vital air, and rough; it is employed against

diseases from phlegm and of the vital airs, against ulcers,

itch, and poison; its seed or fruit is cold, sweet, indiges-

tive whether raw or cooked, constipating, causing flatulency,

rough, emetic and good for cough and hemorrhages from

the mouth, nose, rectum and cuticle’; the water-variety is

‘pungent and used against pulmonary consumption, swell-

ings, diseases from phlegm and of the vital airs, and against

cough’.--The ashes of the plant are used in cleaning linen.

E. mṛj with apa, kṛt aff. ghañ, the final vowel of the prefix

being lengthened; (or according to Bhānud. on the Amarak.,

a Bahuvr. apa and ā-mārga; ‘apamārjantyanena…, apa-

kṛṣṭa āsamantānmārgo'syeti vā’; but according to Rāyam.

only the former: ‘apamṛjanti vastrādikamanena’; and equally

so the Siddhāntak. ‘apamṛjyate'nena vyādhādiḥ’, and the Kā-

śikā which quotes apāmārga, besides vīmārga as an instance

to Pāṇ. VI. 3. 122.).

apāmārga apā-mārga, as, m. (rt. mṛj), N.

of a plant (Achyranthes Aspera), employed very often

in incantations, in medicine, in washing linen, and in

sacrifices.

apā-mārgá m. (√ mṛj), the plant Achyranthes Aspera (employed very often in incantations, in medicine, in washing linen, and in sacrifices), AV.; VS. &c.

apāmārga

m. (-rgaḥ) A plant, (Achyranthes aspera.)

E. apa, mṛja to clean,
with āṅ prefixed, and ghañ affix; the ashes are used in washing
linen.

apāmārga apāmārga m. (mṛj) achyranthes aspera, bot.

apāmārgá (von marj mit apa + ā) P. 3, 3, 121, Sch. (vgl. 6, 2, 144.) m. Achyranthes aspera, eine zweijährige Pflanze, vielfach als Zaubermittel, medicinisch und in Opferhandlungen gebraucht. AK. 2, 4, 3, 7. TRIK. 3, 3, 37. AINSLIE, Mat. ind. 2, 221. àpā̀mā̀rgo apâ mārṣṭu kṣetrìyaṃ śàpathâśca yaḥ AV. 4, 18, 7. 17, 6. 19, 4. 7, 66, 1. VS. 35, 11. apāmārgairvai devā dikṣu nāṣṭrā rakṣāṃsyapāmṛjata ŚAT. BR. 5, 2, 4, 14. 20. 13, 8, 4, 4. KĀTY. ŚR. 21, 4, 22. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2, 7. KAUŚ. 50. SUŚR. 1, 157, 15. 2, 49, 19. 102, 4. YĀJÑ. 1, 301. apāmārgahomá ŚAT. BR. 5, 2, 4, 14. (KĀTY. ŚR. 15, 2, 1.) °taṇḍulá 15. (KĀTY. ŚR. 15, 2, 2).

apāmārga Z. 5 lies 7, 65, 1 st. 7, 66, 1.

apāmārgá m. Achyranthes apera. apāmārgataila n. Mat. med. apāmārgataṇḍulá m. und apāmārgahomá m.

apāmārga pu0 apamṛjyate vyādhiranena mṛj—karaṇe ghañ kutva-
dīrghau . (āpāṅ) iti 1 khyāte vṛkṣe! “apāmārga! tvayā
vayaṃ sarvvaṃ tadapamṛjmahe” atha0 4, 18, 7 . “arpāmārga
oṣadhīnāṃ sarvvāsāmeka idvaśīti” atha0 4, 17, 9, 7 .

Apā-mārga. — A plant (Achyranthes aspera) used frequently¹ in

witchcraft practices, and for medical purposes, especially against

Kṣetriya. It is described in the Atharvaveda² as ‘revertive’

(punaḥ-sara), either, as Roth³ and Zimmer⁴ think, because of

its having reverted leaves (a view also accepted by Whitney⁵ ),

or because, as Bloomfield⁶ holds, it wards off a spell by

causing it to recoil on its user. [Footnote] 1) Atharvaveda, iv. 17, 6; 18, 7;

19, 4; vii. 65, 2; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā,

xxxv. 11; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, i. 7,

1, 8; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, v. 2, 4, 14;

xiii. 8, 4, 4. [Footnote] 2) iv. 17, 2. [Footnote] 3) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v. [Footnote] 4) Altindisches Leben, 67. [Footnote] 5) Translation of the Atharvaveda,

180. [Footnote] 6) Hymns of the Atharvaveda, 394. Cf.

Bloomfield, Journal of the American

Oriental Society, 15, 160, 161; Weber

Indische Studien, 18, 94.

apāmārga

(1) ACHYRANTHES ASPERA LINN. (AFM 1, p. 4-6; Ainslie 2, p. 221-

222; Avk: śvetāpāmārga; Bpn, p. 414; Chopra; Dgv, nr. 259; Dutt;

DWH 2, p. 65 and 3, p. 135-138; Dy, p. 651-652; Ghosh; Gul; HB;

HK; IRM 1, p. 24; Kav; KB 3, p. 2066-2068; MW; Nadk. 1, nr. 33;

PA 1, 6, p. 54-64; PW; Sanyal; V 1, p. 45; Vśs) = A. OBTUSIFOLIA

LAM. (AFM 1, p. 4; Avk) [= A. HEPTAPETALUM ROXB.] (HK) = A.

INDICA MILL. [= A. INDICA ROXB.] (Avk);

(2) A. BIDENTATA BLUME (Avk; Chopra; Dutt; KB 3, p. 2069; Vśs)

= A. ASPERA WALL.;

(3) [A. SPICATA BURM.] (Avk);

(4) CYATHULA GENICULATA LOUR. [Intern. Code: Cyathula is a nom.

conserv.] = C. PROSTRATA BLUME (PA 1, 6, p. 54, footnote: kṣudrāpā-

mārga) = DESMOCHAETA PROSTRATA DC. = PUPALIA PROSTRATA R. BR.