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Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Garbhadruti (गर्भद्रुति):—Eleventh of the eighteen Saṃskāra (special purification process). They are used to purify rasa (mercury) as per Rasaśāstra literature (Medicinal Alchemy), and are mentioned in texts such as the Rasaprakāśasudhākara. In Āyurveda, Saṃskāra refers to the “detoxification” process of metals and herbs. The Garbhadruti-saṃskāra is mainly used for transmutational alchemical purposes. In other words: the last ten saṃskāras are sequentially used for the ends of transmutational and elixir alchemy. Garbhadruti refers to the process of ‘internal liquefaction’.

Source: Google Books: The Alchemical Body

Garbhadruti is a phase for an alchemcial process, involving interal processing and liquification.

Source: archive.org: History of Indian Science Technology (rasashastra)

Garbhadruti (गर्भद्रुति, “internal liquefaction”) represents to the eleventh of eighteen alchemical purification processes of mercury (mahārasa, rasendra or pārada). A religio-philosophic base was given to mercury-based alchemy in India. Mercury was looked upon as the essence of God Śiva, and sulphur as that of Goddess Pārvatī.

Mercury had to undergo 18 processes (e.g., garbhadruti) before it could be used for transforming either metals or the human body. A combination of male and female principles (i.e. mercury and sulphur) forming cinnabar or mercuric sulphide or even of mercury and mica, was supposed to be highly potent and was therefore consumed as a Rasāyana or medicine for increasing body fluids or vitality. The earliest mention of Rasāyana was found in Āyurveda which was probably composed by 8th or 9th century BC, since it was a part of Atharvaveda, the last of the four Vedas.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Garbhadruti (गर्भद्रुति):—It is one of the mercurial process where the material is made to melt inside the mercury

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

Garbhadruti (गर्भद्रुति):—[=garbha-druti] [from garbha] f. idem, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha ix, 33.]

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Garbhadruti 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.

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Partial matches: Druti, Garbha.

Full-text: Garbhadravana, Samskara.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Garbhadruti, Garbha-druti; (plurals include: Garbhadrutis, drutis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)

Part 15 - Mercurial operations (13): Internal liquefaction of mercury (garbhadruti) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]

Part 2 - Eighteen different kinds of Mercurial operations < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]

Part 12 - Mercurial operations (10): Swallowing of metals of Mercury (grasana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]

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