Rasachandamshu or Rasaratna Sangraha
author: M. S. Krishnamurthy
edition: 2013, Chaukhambha Visvabharati
pages: 512
ISBN-10: 9381301263
ISBN-13: 9789381301265
Topic: Rasashastra
Shweta Parada bhasma (White bhasma of Mercury)
This page describes Shweta Parada bhasma (White bhasma of Mercury) which is part of the Purva-khanda located on page 25 in the book Rasachandamshu (Rasaratna Sangraha) translated into English by M. S. Krishnamurthy. This 19th century book deals with Ayurvedic therapeutics and alchemical processes, belonging the branch of science known as Rasashastra (medicinal alchemy). 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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Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) [by G. D. Jayalakshmi]
Rasa (Mercury) Mercury, a heavy, silvery-white liquid metal, is the only common metal which remains as liquid at ordinary temperatures. It is sometimes called quick silver. Rasashastra considers minerals and metals which are mainly Bhumija in origin (obtained from earth). Mercury, known as Parada is one among them....
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Synonyms and Characteristics of Parada (mercury). The following are the synonyms of Parada (mercury): Rasaraja, Rasendra, Maharasa, Jiba, Sivabirja, Rasa, Suta, and all the names applicable to Siva (God) himself. Parada has six different kinds of taste, (vis., sweet, sour, saline, pungent, bitter and astringent). It has a soothing effect upon the human system, and is the destroyer of the three different kinds of doshas (faults)....
Read full contents: Part 1 - Synonyms and Characteristics of Parada (mercury)
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha [by E. B. Cowell]
Other Maheshvaras there are who, while they hold the identity of self with God, insist upon the tenet that the liberation in this life taught in all the systems depends upon the stability of the bodily frame, and therefore celebrate the virtues of mercury or quicksilver as a means of strengthening the system. Mercury is called parada, because it is a means of conveyance beyond the series of transmigratory states....
Read full contents: Chapter IX - The Raseshvara or Mercurial System
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