Significance of Fourth process
The Fourth process in Rasashastra encompasses multiple methods for purifying and preparing various substances for medicinal applications. Key techniques include the purification of mica through heating and immersion in milk, and the combination of purified gold leaves with haritala, which is subjected to heating. Additional methods involve the treatment of mercury with herbs and specific juices, highlighting the intricate processes involved in achieving the desired medicinal products. Overall, the Fourth process emphasizes the meticulous practices essential to ancient alchemical traditions.
Synonyms: Fourth step, Fourth stage, Fourth phase
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Hindu concept of 'Fourth process'
The Fourth process in Hinduism involves combining purified gold leaves with haritala and heating them to create a medicinal product, highlighting traditional alchemical practices in ancient Indian spirituality and medicine.
From: Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa)
(1) The fourth process details rubbing makshika with one fourth its quantity of sulphur with castor oil, making cakes, confining them within a samputa, and subjecting them to gaja-puta with paddy husk.[1] (2) A method of purifying Manas-shila by boiling it with goat's urine and subjecting it to bhavana with goat's bile.[2] (3) This process involves breaking the substance into pieces, combining it with tankana, dissolving it with lime juice and kanji, and boiling it.[3] (4) This process involves heating and cooling a lump of essence of mica, breaking it into pieces, mixing the powder with cow's ghee, heating it, and subjecting it to puta with different substances to make it most efficacious.[4] (5) A purification step that utilizes sulphur and puta to eliminate vomiting and giddiness from Tuttha.[5]
From: Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances
(1) A reference to a process described on page 194, involving the incineration of gems other than diamond.[6] (2) This process focuses on a collection of plant-based remedies, including jati, nili, and others, which are used to counteract the impact of poison.[7] (3) This is the final stage where a goat is fed powdered brass, and the resulting stool is burned to produce a specific type of brass, as described in the text.[8] (4) This is the fourth method described for purifying Jayapala seeds, which involves boiling them with milk by means of a Dola-yantra.[9] (5) The method where gold is purified using burnt mud and salt after bhavana with mud and juice of matulunga.[10]
From: Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory
(1) This is a set of methods that involves mercury being solidified in one of the following processes by rubbing with ashes or castor-oil.[11] (2) A method that involves creating crucibles and boiling mercury with other materials for restraint.[12] (3) Involves rubbing mercury with sour vegetable juice, sealing it in a bottle, and boiling it inside a Damaru Yantra for seven days, followed by another boiling after cooling.[13] (4) The final method where mercury is combined with various herbs and prepared in a coated cloth before further boiling.[14]