Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions
by Bhudeb Mookerjee | 1938 | 63,627 words | ISBN-10: 8170305829 | ISBN-13: 9788170305828
This fifth volume of the Rasa-jala-nidhi deals with the symptoms, treatment and dietary prescriptions of various afflictions. For example, ratapitta (haemoptysis), cough, asthma, tumours and obesity are dealth with and various Iatro-chemical recipes are provided for these diseases. The Rasa-jala-nidhi (“the ocean of Iatrochemistry, or, chemical me...
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Measures of Weight
| 6 anus (molecules) | make one | triti |
| 6 tritis | ”” | liksha |
| 6 likshas | ”” | yuka |
| 6 yukas | ”” | raja |
| 6 rajas | ”” | sarshapa (mustard seed) |
| 6 sarshapas | ”” | java (barley seed) |
| 6 javas | ”” | gunja |
| 2 gunjas | ”” | nispava |
| 3 gunjas | ”” | balla |
| 2 ballas | ”” | masha hemaka,
dhanyaka (rice) |
| 2 mashas | ”” | dharana |
| 2 dharanas | ”” | miska, shana,
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| 2 niskas | ”” | kola, bataka, or gadyana,
khudraka, dharkhana |
| 2 kola | ”” | tola or karsha. |
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| 2 karsha | ”” | sokti ½ pala, astamika |
| 2 suktis or 4 tolas | ”” | pala, musti |
| prakuncha, villa, amra chathurthika, sorashi | ||
| 2 palas | ”” | prasrita |
| 2 prasrita | ”” | kudaba or anjali astamana |
| 2 kudabas | ”” | manika |
| 2 manikas | ”” | prastha (64 tolas or
one seer) |
| 2 prastha | ”” | shubha |
| 2 shubas | ”” | adhaka or patra, bhajana, kangsha patra, 64 palas or 256 tolas. |
| 4 adhakas | ”” | drono, ghata, unmana. rash?, lavana, armana or kumbha |
| 100 palas | ”” | tula |
| 2000 palas | ”” | bhara |
| 2 dronas | ”” | surpa |
| 2 surpas | ”” | droni, bahi, or goni |
| 4 dronis or gonis | ”” | khari |
Other Rasashastra Concepts:
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Shubha, Shurpa, Mustard seed, Four Adhakas, Hundred palas, Two gunjas, Two mashas, Two karsha, Two prasthas, Two dronas, Two surpas.
Concepts being referred within the main category of Hinduism context and sources.
Pala, Rice, Measurement units.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Measures of Weight’ included in Bhudeb Mookerjee Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: 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.