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Touch-stone means something in the history of ancient India. 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.
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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Touch-stones were used by the Goldsmith in ancient India to remove impurities in Gold, according to “A Cultural note on the Kuvalayamala of Uddyotanasuri” by the late Dr. V. s. Agrawala.—There is a reference to gold of highest purity. Whatever impurity or dross was contained in the gold brought to the goldsmith was removed by the latter by subjecting it to different processes of testing it on the touch-stone (kasa), cutting, heating under regulated fire, beating out into flat sheets, filing the sheets and the same process of beating it into a different shape, giving it a shape of round bar and dividing into several parts for final testing.
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Partial matches: Stone, Touching.
Full-text (+46): Kasa, Nikasa, Kasavata, Kashapashana, Hemala, Kasoti, Akasha, Svarnarekha, Akasaka, Karpuramani, Kasanem, Tattvanikashagravan, Nirai-arikaruvi, Nikashana, Kashapattika, Kanakanikasha, Sanehidi, Nikashapashana, Parikshita, Padiyaccu.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 2 - Test of genuine cat’s eye (vaidurya) < [Chapter XIX - Gems (7): Vaidurya (oriental cats eye and similar stones)]
Part 1 - Characteristics of Gold (suvarna) < [Chapter I - Metals (1): Suvarna (Gold)]
Part 1 - Characteristics of Diamond (vajra or hiraka) < [Chapter XIII - Gems (1): Vajra or Hiraka (diamond)]
A Paean of Joy < [July – September, 1984]
Criminalisation of Politics < [January – March, 1998]
Flowers at the Feet of the King < [December 1947]
Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study) (by Arpita Chakraborty)
5. Powerful and Powerless ‘Rudrākṣa’ < [Chapter 4 - A Critical approach to Rudrākṣa based on Śaiva Upaniṣads]
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 6.9 < [Chapter 6 - Dhyana-yoga]
Verse 9.20 < [Chapter 9 - Raja-vidya and Raja-guhya Yoga]
Verse 13.7 < [Chapter 13 - Kshetra and Kshetrajna Yoga]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
5. Preparation of Canvas before Painting < [Chapter 5 - Painting and Image Making]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 1 - Characteristics of Pyrite (makshika) < [Chapter II - Uparasa (2): Makshika (pyrites)]