A Textbook of Rasasastra
author: Ravindra Angadi
edition: 2014, Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan
pages: 724
ISBN-13: 9789383712184
Topic: Rasashastra
Chapter 19 - Ratna-Uparatna (Gems and Minor Gems)
This page describes Ratna-Uparatna (Gems and Minor Gems) which is the nineteenth chapter located on pages 416-467 in A Textbook of Rasasastra (Iatro-Chemistry and Ayurveda Pharmaceutics) composed by Ravindra Angadi. This book details the origins and history of Rasashastra (medicinal alchemy) as well as the medicinal applications of metals, minerals and previous stones. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
These gems are used in consolidating mercury. The following are some of the upa-ratnas or minor gems:—(1) palanka (onyx), (2) rudhira (carnelian), (3) puttika (peridote or bottle-green stone), (4) turkshaja (turquoise, biraja, or peroja), (5) pilu (jade), (6) upala (opal, chalcedony, and agate), (7) sugandhika (spinel), All these ratnas and uparatnas may be used in the preparations of mercury as well as in preparing medicines meant for curing and preventing diseases and senile decay....
Read full contents: Introduction to Gems (ratna)
Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature [by Sulekha Biswas]
Two Softer Blue Gems of the Ancient World. [Full title: Item-wise Discussion on Gems with Decreasing Hardness; (11): Two Softer Blue Gems of the Ancient World] [[[ p. 55 ]]] Two Softer Blue Gems of the Ancient World VII-52 Turquoise (hardness 6) and Lapis Lazuli (5) are famous as two relatively soft blue gems. These were widely used in the ancient world, which had not yet invented the techniques to cut and process the harder gems such as blue sapphire (9)....
Read full contents: 4.11. Two Softer Blue Gems of the Ancient World
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
If a particular recipe contains mercury and not sulphur, the term “mercury” in that recipe is to be taken to mean incinerated mercury; but if there is a mention, in a particular recipe, of both mercury and sulphur, the term mercury is to mean there only purified mercury. Gems, minor gems, conch-shell, nabhisankha, mica, and copper-sulphate should always be used in incinerated forms. In other words, they are never to be used in medicines without having been previously reduced to ashes....
Read full contents: Part 19 - Directions for preparing a medicine with ingredients more than one
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[A Textbook of Rasasastra: index]
[About the Author (Ravindra Angadi)]
[Preface]