Tiryakpatana, Tiryakpātana, Tiryak-patana: 4 definitions

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Tiryakpatana 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)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: CCRAS: Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia of India, Appendix I

Tiryakpātana (तिर्यक्पातन) is the final sub-step of Pātana, which is the fifth of the eight purification steps of Pārada (mercury), also known as the Aṣṭasaṃskāra.—Take Pārada obtained at the end of Adhaḥpātana process, add with Tāmra and levigate with Jambīra-svarasa to prepare thick paste. Apply the paste in the Tiryakpātana-yantra, subject to heat and collect Pārada. (see the Āyurvedaprakāśa 1.79-81: a Sanskrit work on Rasaśāstra written in the 16th-century by Mādhava).

Ingredients:

  1. Pārada [Mercury] (3 parts),
  2. Ravi [Tamra] (1 part),
  3. Jambīra [Nimbu] rasa (Quantum satis).
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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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tiryakpātana (तिर्यक्पातन):—[=tiryak-pātana] [from tiryak > tiraḥ] n. a kind of process applied [especially] to mercury.

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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.

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