Chapter 10 - Musha (Crucible)

You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Musha (Crucible)” according to 42 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.

Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) [by D. N. Shukla]

The Samaranganasutradhara (19) calls it Musha also: Musha originally denoted a crucible for melting gold or silver. It was cylindrical in shape with a round bottom and open at the other end. The hole in the wall to admit light and air resembling exactly the shape of such a crucible or Musha, used to be laid horizontally into the walk From the original connotation of an apperture in the wall to admit light and air was developed the meaning of Musha, as a full-fledged ventilator or window....

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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]

Powdered iron (or mica, or diamond, or quartz), charcoal, burnt husk, one part each, mud for crucible—four parts, mud immersed in water for a long time—four parts—all these are to be rubbed together and made into what is called a Bara Musa. This can stand fire for three hours. Barna-musha or Raupya-musha....

Read full contents: Part 2 - Alchemical crucibles (musa)

Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]

The apparatus is then to be heated by means of charcoal fire being placed all round the upper vessel, when cooled of itself, the essence, oil, or tincture, as the case may be, is to be taken out from inside the lower vessel. (* 1) Muka-musha (dumb crucible) and andha-musha (blind crucible) refer to the same kind of crucible—a crucible not provided with any passage for the entrance of air into it....

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