The Sanskrit term Niścandra can be transliterated into English as Niscandra or Nishcandra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Nishchandra.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

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

Niścandra (निश्चन्द्र) refers to the “lack of metallic shine” 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

Niścandra (निश्चन्द्र):—One of the classical test for examining the bhasma / kajjali indicating no free availability / complete compounding of material

context information

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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

niścandra (निश्चंद्र).—a S Of which the brilliancy is destroyed;--used of the calx of talc, quicksilver &c.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Ashodhita, Dhatubhasma, Bhasmikarana, Rekhapurana, Niruttha.

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