Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa)

by Bhudeb Mookerjee | 1938 | 28,803 words | ISBN-10: 8170305829 | ISBN-13: 9788170305828

This second volume of the Rasa-jala-nidhi deals with the purification, incineration and medicinal uses of various minerals (uparasa), as well as preventing faults due to misuse. It is continued in the third volume which deals with the various metals. The Rasa-jala-nidhi (“the ocean of Iatrochemistry, or, chemical medicine) is a compendium of Sansk...

Chapter V - Uparasa (5-6): Tuttha and Sasyaka (copper sulphate)

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Part 1 - Characteristics of Tuttha (sulphate of copper, prepared in laboratory)

Part 2 - Purification of tuttha

Part 3 - Extraction of essence from tuttha

Part 4 - Characteristics of Sasyaka (blue stone, found in nature)

Part 5 - Purification of sasyaka

Part 6 - Incineration of the essence of tuttha and that of sasyaka

Part 7 - How to remedy the evil effects of impure tutthaka and sasyaka

Conclusion:

Rasasastra category This concludes ‘Uparasa (5-6): Tuttha and Sasyaka (copper sulphate)’ included in Bhudeb Mookerjee Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory. The text includes treatments, recipes and remedies and is categorised as Rasa Shastra: an important branch of Ayurveda that specialises in medicinal/ herbal chemistry, alchemy and mineralogy, for the purpose of prolonging and preserving life.

Last Updated: 01 June, 2018