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Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: History of Science in South Asia: Making Gems in Indian Alchemical Literature

Fish Oil is a by-product of boiling fish-skin (in Sanskrit: Matsya-Tvac), which is used as an ingredient in the recipe of Matsyakajjala (“fish black”), according to the Vādakhaṇḍa section of the Rasaratnākara (lit. “jewel mine of mercury”): a 13th century alchemical work in Sanskrit written by Nityanātha.—The final ingredient of the fish black is the skin of a fat fish (sthūlamatsya-tvac), which is boiled “for a day and night” in the dye. Boiling fish skin produces two products: fish oil and fish glue, a gelatinous substance that dries crystal hard. Fish glue is a traditional wood working glue, and also has a long history as an artist’s material in Europe as well as in Asia.

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Fish-oil (denoted by the Sanskrit term Matsya-Taila) is used in certain bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “If a seed is cultured in the oil of Alangium salviifolium, fish [e.g., Matsya-Taila], Gangetic porpoise, human being, hog and crocodile and then dried up, sown in a good soil and nourished by coconut water (gale water?) the tree thereof produced flowers and fruits at once”.

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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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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)

Part 3 - Extraction of essence from earthworm < [Chapter XXV - Uparasa (25): Bhunaga (earthworm)]

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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)

Part 27 - Diet in diarrhoea < [Chapter III - Jvaratisara fever with diarrhoea]

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Parables of Rama (by Swami Rama Tirtha)

Story 39 - Knowledge, the Remover of Darkness < [Chapter VI - Ignorance]

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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)

Chapter 26 - Discussion among Sages regarding Tastes (Rasa) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]

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