Rock salt: 2 definitions

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Rock salt means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Asian Agri-History: Paśu Āyurvēda (Veterinary Medicine) in Garuḍapurāṇa

Rock salt (in Sanskrit: saindhava) is used in the Viśodhana (“washing off the wound’s impurities”) of wounds (vraṇa), according to Āyurveda sections in the Garuḍapurāṇa.—[...] After Viśodhana (wash off the ulcer's/wound's impurities by medicated decoction), the following formulations can be used for śodhana (purification) and ropaṇa (healing) externally:—[... e.g.,] The eraṇḍa-mūla (Castor root), two types of haridrā (Turmeric), Citraka (Plumbago zeylanica), Viśvabheṣaja (Zingiber officinale), Rasona (Allium sativum) and saindhava (rock salt) are ground well with takra (butter milk) or kāñjī (sour gruel). [...]

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

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Rock salt (denoted by the Sanskrit term Sindhūtha) is used in certain bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis, such as dwarfing a plant, 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, “A plant which is not too tender should be cut at its stem and then slightly burnt. Thereafter it should be smeared with the mixture of clarified butter, cow dung, rock salt (sindhūtha), honey and flesh. A nail should then be driven in the root in a slanting manner. The plant then should be watered beautiful branches and without fail produces fruits even in a dwarf state”.

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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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Medicines (i): Salts (Loṇa/Lavaṇa) < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]

Internal Medicine (b): Wind Diseases < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Treatments in the Chapter on Medicine]

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Part 8 - Mercurial operations (6): Confinement of Mercury (rodhana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]

Part 5 - Mercurial operations (3): Rubbing of Mercury (mardana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]

Part 4 - Mercurial operations (2): Boiling of Mercury (svedana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]

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Part 2 - Lavana (2): Saindhava (rock-salt) < [Chapter XXIX - Lavana (salts)]

Part 15 - Purification of Vriddha-dara seeds < [Chapter XXXI - Upavisha (semi-poisons)]

Part 10 - Liquefaction of diamond < [Chapter XIII - Gems (1): Vajra or Hiraka (diamond)]

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Chapter 283 - The remedial herbs for all the diseases