Vidyadharayantra, Vidyadhara-yantra, Vidyādharayantra: 3 definitions
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Vidyadharayantra 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)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsVidyādharayantra (विद्याधरयन्त्र):—An apparatus used to extract mercury from cinnabar etc.

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)
Source: nathi.ru: The Amanaska YogaVidyādharayantra (विद्याधरयन्त्र):—The vidyādharayantra is an alchemical ‘instrument’ consisting of two chambers, one above the other. Metals are heated in one chamber, and condense in the cool chamber. The apparatus of the vidyādharayantra was also known as Śāmbhavī-mudrā in alchemy. In Haṭha Yoga, its equivalent was the mudrā called viparītakaraṇī, which is known as headstand and shoulder-stand in modern styles. It is sometimes known by the name ‘Dharāyantra’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVidyādharayantra (विद्याधरयन्त्र):—[=vidyā-dhara-yantra] [from vidyā-dhara > vidyā > vid] n. an apparatus for sublimating quicksilver, [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: Yantra, Vidyadhara.
Full-text: Dharayantra.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 7 - Mercurial operations (5): Sublimation of Mercury (patana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]
Part 6 - Mercurial operations (4): Raising of Mercury (utthapana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]
Part 3 - Mercurial operations (1): Purification of Mercury (shodhana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 9 - Treatment of Piles (8): Hiranya-sundara rasa < [Chapter V - Piles]
Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature (by Sulekha Biswas)
7. Rasa and Rasaka according to Rasaratna-samuccaya < [Chapter 9 - The Rasaratna-samuccaya—a pinnacle in the Indian iatro-chemistry]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 3 - Incineration of haritala < [Chapter XII - Uparasa (13): Haritala (orpiment)]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
The role of different media for the urdhva patana of parada < [2021, Issue 11, November]
Development of rasasastra in medieval period < [Volume 4 (issue 3), Jan-Mar 1985]
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