Rasachandamshu or Rasaratna Sangraha
author: M. S. Krishnamurthy
edition: 2013, Chaukhambha Visvabharati
pages: 512
ISBN-10: 9381301263
ISBN-13: 9789381301265
Topic: Rasashastra
Parada Peeta bhasma (Yellow bhasma of Mercury)
This page describes Parada Peeta bhasma (Yellow bhasma of Mercury) which is part of the Purva-khanda located on page 26 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]
Gandhaka (Sulphur) Gandhaka, stands next to Mercury in importance as it cures various diseases internally and externally. It is a yellow solid with no taste and odour. Gandhaka is also considered as an essential agent for the various processes of Mercury such as mardana, dahana, murcchana, jarana, svedana, bandhana and marana. It is believed to impart many desirable properties to Parada and reduce its toxic effects....
Read full contents: Rasa and Gandhaka—The Base of all Medicines
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Another kind of mercury, named Parada, is full of many evil properties, is subtle and white, but, by various processes, may be rendered a panacea. The fifth kind of mercury, named Mishraka, has the complexion of a peacock’s feather, and becomes very efficacious, if subjected to the eighteen different methods of purification. Owing to the difference in nature of the soil of deposit, mercury may assume four different colours viz., white, red, yellow, and black....
Read full contents: Part 2 - Different kinds of 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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