Urdhvapatanayantra, Urdhvapatana-yantra, Ūrdhvapātanayantra: 3 definitions
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Urdhvapatanayantra 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: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraŪrdhvapātanayantra (ऊर्ध्वपातनयन्त्र):—The Sanskrit name for an alchemical apparatus used in the treatment of Mecrury. The term is mentioned in classical texts such as the Rasaprakāśasudhākara, a Sanskrit work on Rasaśāstra. No less than fourty different tools like this one, mainly used for restraining/controlling the mercury from being escaped, are described in this text. The compaund Ūrdhvapātanayantra is composed of the words Ūrdhvapātana (meaning “upward distillation”, and more specifically refers to the act of causing (mercury) to rise) and Yantra (meaning “instrument” or “apparatus”).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŪrdhvapātanayantra (ऊर्ध्वपातनयन्त्र):—[=ūrdhva-pātana-yantra] [from ūrdhva-pātana > ūrdhva] n. an apparatus for sublimation (of 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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Partial matches: Urdhvapatana, Yantra.
Full-text: Tiryakpatanayantra.
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