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Firing means something in the history of ancient India. 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.
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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Firing and Heating (of base gold) refers to one of the processes used to create gold of the highest purity, in ancient India, as vividly depicted in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] Page 261.7-8: Here is a reference of various processes of heating and firing of base gold to convert it into gold of the highest purity called jacca-suvaṇṇa, the same as ṣoḍaśa-suvarṇa of Hindu period.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 1 - Characteristics of Lapis lazuli (rajavarta < [Chapter XXV - Gems (15): Rajavarta (quartz amethyst or lapis lazuli)]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 7 - Ceramics and Pottery of the Vārāṇasī region < [Chapter VI - Vārāṇasī: Emergence of the Urban Centre and Seat of Administration]
Part 10 - Cultural periods of Vārāṇasī < [Chapter VI - Vārāṇasī: Emergence of the Urban Centre and Seat of Administration]
Part 1 - Cultural back ground of Vārāṇasī as an emerging nodal centre < [Chapter V - Rise of Vārāṇasī as a Nodal Centre]
Wars to end Wars < [July – September, 1988]
Green Hopes < [October – December, 2006]
Gates of Horn < [July – September 1975]
Vernacular architecture of Assam (by Nabajit Deka)
Development (a): Australoid Contribution < [Chapter 3]
Egypt Through The Stereoscope (by James Henry Breasted)
Position 39 - Brick Making, The Task Of The Hebrews, As Seen To-day Among The Ruins Of Crocodilopolis. < [Standpoints In Egypt]
Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
2. Body and Mind (Introduction) < [Chapter 5 - Language and Thought]