The Sanskrit term Pañcāmṛtaparpaṭī can be transliterated into English as Pancamrtaparpati or Pancamritaparpati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Panchamritaparpati.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Pañcāmṛtaparpaṭī (पञ्चामृतपर्पटी) or simply Pañcāmṛta refers to a type of Parpati medicine, according to the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 3, grahaṇī: chronic diarrhoea).—Accordingly, “eight tolas of sulphur, four tolas of mercury, two tolas of iron, one tola of mica, and half a tola of, copper are to be rubbed together in an iron mortar to form a black powder, which is next to be transformed into a parpati, in the same way as ‘rasa-parpati’. Accompaniment, clarified butter and honey. This medicine cures grahani, aversion to food, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, cough, hemeptosis, waste in early stage, and eye-diseases”.

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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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Partial matches: Parpati, Pancamrita.

Full-text: Pancamrita.

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