Dolayantra, Dola-yantra, Dolayamtra, Dolāyantra: 9 definitions

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In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Kannada
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Dolayantra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Dolāyantra (दोलायन्त्र):—The Sanskrit name for an alchemical apparatus used in the treatment of Mecrury. The term is mentioned in classical texts such as the Rasaprakāśasudhākara, a Sanskrit work on Rasaśāstra. No less than fourty different tools like this one, mainly used for restraining/controlling the mercury from being escaped, are described in this text. The compaund Dolāyantra is composed of the words Dolā (meaning “litter” or “palanquin”) and Yantra (meaning “instrument” or “apparatus”).

Source: Academia.edu: Ayurveda and Pharmaceutics (rasashastra)

Dolāyantra (Swing-apparatus): This is a purification device. Purification is a compulsory process in rasayōgas. Several techniques are used to purify metallic elements. gomūtra (cow’s urine), godugdha (cow’s milk) and many other beverages are used to purify metallic raw material. The material that is to be detoxified is packed in the so-called poṭali, the hanging one inside the apparatus. The liquid inside the apparatus is kañjika (sour rice-ferment).

Source: CCRAS: Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia of India, Appendix I

Dolāyantra (दोलायन्त्र) consists of a pot half filled with specified liquid with a horizontal rod placed on the rim from which the bundle of material to be treated will be immersed and heated. (see the Rasaratnasamuccaya 9.3-4: a 13th-century Sanskrit alchemical treatise by Vāgbhaṭa).

Source: CBSE: Chemistry in India

Dolāyantra (दोलायन्त्र).—A type of specialized instrument used in an alchemical laboratory (rasaśāla).—The dolā-yantra, in which a pot is half-filled with a liquid and a suspended substance absorbs the liquid’s vapours.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dōlāyantra (दोलायंत्र).—n S An instrument of medical men for expressing oil and other juices.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dolāyantra (दोलायन्त्र).—drugs tied up in a cloth and boiled out over a fire; Bhāva. P.

Derivable forms: dolāyantram (दोलायन्त्रम्).

Dolāyantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dolā and yantra (यन्त्र). See also (synonyms): dolikāyantra.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dolāyantra (दोलायन्त्र):—[=dolā-yantra] [from dolā > dola] n. drugs tied up in a cloth and boiled out over a fire, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Dolayantra in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dōlāyaṃtra (ದೋಲಾಯಂತ್ರ):—[noun] a container having a rod across its mouth, from which a medicinal substance tied in a cloth is suspended in to a decoction in the container, while making medicines.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Part 23 - Purification of tuber poisons < [Chapter XXX - Visha (poisons)]

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