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Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Ancient Science of Life: A Metallurgical Study of Nāga Bhasma

Niruttha (निरुत्थ) refers to the “absence of alloy formation with silver” and is used to test the quality of prepared bashma.—Bhasmīkaraṇa process (māraṇa) changes the śodhita-rasa drugs (metal and mineral) into desired medicine (chemical compound) which reduces the toxicity of the metal and potentiates the medicinal property. There are several tests described in Ayurvedic texts to check the quality of prepared bhasma viz. rekhāpūraṇa (small particle size), niścandra (lack of metallic shine) and niruttha (absence of alloy formation with silver) etc. (See Rasaratna-samuccaya)

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Niruttha (निरुत्थ):—One of the bhasma test –shouldn’t increase the weight of silver when mixed with bhasma

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niruttha (निरुत्थ).—a. irrecoverable.

Niruttha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and uttha (उत्थ).

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

Niruttha (निरुत्थ):—[=nir-uttha] [from nir > niḥ] mfn. irrecoverable, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Niruttha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Uttha, Nir.

Starts with: Nirutthai, Nirutthayin.

Full-text: Ashodhita, Dhatubhasma, Bhasmikarana, Nishcandra, Rekhapurana, Loha.

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