Buffalo milk, Buffalo's milk: 2 definitions
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Buffalo milk means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (astronomy)Buffalo milk represents an ingredient part of some kind of extraordinary recipe described in the Kautukāni (classified as literature dealing with astronomy, astrology, divination, medicine), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The Kautukāni contains extraordinary recipes and prescriptions phrased with the syntactic pattern ‘if this or this would be done (optative), then this or this happens’. The processes at work are grinding, heating and mixing various products. These are plants or plant-products, animal products or alchemical recipes: [e.g., Buffalo’s milk] [...]
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (vastu)Buffalo milk was traditionally used in crafting Hard Cement, which was used as a Material for the Construction of Temples and other buildings, according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—In the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, five procedures of preparing the vajralepa are suggested.—The third variety of vajralepa was the mixture of the horns of bull and buffalo, skin of goat, milk of buffalo, juice of bimba and kapittha.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
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Partial matches: Milk, Buffalo.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 4 - Extraction of essence of Rajavarta < [Chapter XXV - Gems (15): Rajavarta (quartz amethyst or lapis lazuli)]
Part 5 - Semi-poison (5): Karavira or Karabira < [Chapter XXXI - Upavisha (semi-poisons)]
Part 2 - Purification of copper < [Chapter III - Metals (3): Tamra (copper)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 2 - Alchemical crucibles (musa) < [Chapter VI - Laboratory equipment]
Part 1 - Alchemical apparatus (yantra) < [Chapter VI - Laboratory equipment]
Part 1 - Additional process for transformation of base metals into gold and silver < [Chapter VIII - Conclusion of first volume]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Treatment for fever (30): Achinta-shakti rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Part 26 - Diet and actions in udara-roga < [Chapter VI - Diseases affecting the belly (udara-roga)]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 27i - The section on Cow’s milk (Gorasa) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 25 - The Origin of Man and Disease (Purusha-samjnaka) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 12 - The therapeutics of Pectoral Edema (shvayathu-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CCXVI - Medical treatment of the diseases of cows, etc. < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CCXI - Medical treatment of cuts, wounds, scalds, burns, etc. < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CCX - Various other Recipes (continued) < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 5.33 - Combination of atoms (aṇu) < [Chapter 5 - The Non-living Substances]