Sauviranjana, Sauvira-anjana, Sauviramjana, Sauvīrāñjana: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Sauvīrāñjana (सौवीराञ्जन):—One of the five variations of Añjana (‘collyrium, galena’), which is part of the uparasa group of eight minerals, according to the Rasaprakāśasudhākara: a 13th century Sanskrit book on Indian alchemy, or, Rasaśāstra. It has a smokey color and is useful for the Śodhana and Ropaṇa processes.
Sauvīrāñjana is a variety of Añjana (“Collyrium”).—This Añjana is just like dhūma (smoke) in colour, pacifys pitta and aśadoṣa, cures vomiting, hicough and wounds. In eye diseases it may be used for the śodhana and ropaṇa purposes and it is also good for curing karṇa-rogas (ear diseases).
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Sauvīrāñjana (सौवीराञ्जन) is said to be obtained from the mountains of Sauvīra, a country along the Indus, whence it derives its name. The article supplied under its vernacular name surmā is the sulphide of lead ore. Surmā is usually translated as sulphide of antimony, but I have not been able to obtain a single specimen of the antimonial ore from the shops of Calcutta and of some other towns. The sulphide of antimony occurs in fine streaky, fibrous, crystalline masses of a radiated texture. The lead ore on the contrary, occurs in cubic masses destitute of rays and is tabular in its crystalline arrangement.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Sauvīrāñjana (सौवीराञ्जन).—a kind of antimony or collyrium.
Derivable forms: sauvīrāñjanam (सौवीराञ्जनम्).
Sauvīrāñjana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sauvīra and añjana (अञ्जन).
Sauvīrāñjana (सौवीराञ्जन).—n.
(-naṃ) A kind of antimony or collyrium.
Sauvīrāñjana (सौवीराञ्जन):—[from sauvīra] n. a kind of antimony or collyrium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Sauvīrāñjana (सौवीराञ्जन):—n. eine Salbe von Spiessglanz [Ratnamālā 279.] [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 7, 2, 34.]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Sauvīrāṃjana (ಸೌವೀರಾಂಜನ):—[noun] a kind of collyrium made using antimony.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Sauvira, Anjana.
Starts with (+0): Sauviranjanam.
Full-text (+0): Anjana, Sauviranjanam, Nilanjana, Parvateya, Cakshushya, Nadeya, Prithvikaya.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 1 - Characteristics of Anjana (stibnite, lead sulphide) < [Chapter XIV - Uparasa (15): Anjana (stibnite, sulphide of lead)]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Vaidya Kanda - A unique 18th century classical text of Ayurveda in Kannada < [Vol. 3 No. 02 (2018)]
Pathya Apathya and role of Dinacharya in Nethra Swasthya < [Vol. 2 No. 06 (2017)]
Critical analysis of Anjana in Systemic Diseases < [Vol. 6 No. 3 (2021)]
Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
2.2. Pharmaceutical use of Añjana (Collyrium) < [Chapter 1 - Cosmetics]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 3 - Incineration of gold < [Chapter I - Metals (1): Suvarna (Gold)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 52 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (24): Shighra-prabhava rasa < [Chapter III - Jvaratisara fever with diarrhoea]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)