Valukayantra, Valuka-yantra, Vālukayantra: 6 definitions
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Valukayantra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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)
Vālukayantra (sand apparatus): A wide mouth earthen vessel is punctured at its bottom to form 3-5 small holes. These holes are made so as to ensure that the lower surface of the glass vessel gets controlled heat when the equipment is placed on fire. This glass vessel is half-filled with the medicine mixture is then covered or bandaged with cloth soaked in mud/clay. The glass vessel containing kajjali (mixture of mercury and sulphur) is heated for many hours. The sand used gives controlled heat to the glass container. The medicines made in this technique are known as sindhūra-auṣadas.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Vālukayantra (वालुकयन्त्र) refers to a “sand bath heating vessel”, according to a study performed on the drug named Vasantakusumākara Rasa—a classical herbo-mineral formulation which is practiced since ancient times for various therapeutic purposes, said to bring new positive energy in body and life, glow to skin etc.—Accordingly, while describing Vālukayantra: “Vālukayantra is a sand bath heating vessel where in a wide mouth round pot is 1/4th filled with sand and then the glass bottle having the ingredients and covered with seven layered mud smeared cloth was lowered to the bottom of the pot. The empty space of pot was filled with sand upto the neck of the bottle; later heated for specified time”.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
vālukāyantra (वालुकायंत्र).—n (S Sand-machine.) A sand glass or vessel for measuring time.
vālukāyantra (वालुकायंत्र).—n A sand-glass for measuring time.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Vālukāyantra (वालुकायन्त्र).—a sand-bath.
Derivable forms: vālukāyantram (वालुकायन्त्रम्).
Vālukāyantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vālukā and yantra (यन्त्र).
Vālukāyantra (वालुकायन्त्र):—[=vālukā-yantra] [from vālukā > vālu] n. a sand-bath, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Valuka, Yantra.
Full-text (+0): Rasasindhura, Khalvayantra, Shuddhagandhaka, Hingulotthaparada, Parpati, Kajjali.
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Chemical Analysis of Vasantakusumākara Rasa for Quality Assurance < [Volume 36 (issue 4), Apr-Jun 2017]
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Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Pharmaceutico-Analytical Study of Agnikumara Rasa - A Kupipakwa Kalpana < [Vol. 7 No. 7 (2022)]
Pharmaceutico- Analytical Study of Abhra Sindoora < [Vol. 3 No. 04 (2018)]
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