Rasasastra (The Mercurial System)
author: P. Himasagara Chandra Murthy
edition: 2008, Chaukhambha Sanskrit Series office
pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9788170802768
Topic: Rasashastra
History of Rasasastra
This page describes History of Rasasastra located on pages 9-40 in the book Rasasastra (The Mercurial System) composed by P. Himasagara Chandra Murthy. This book introduces the general aspects of Rasasastra (Indian medicinal alchemy), such as Yantra (apparatus), Musa (crucible), Kosthi (stove) and Puta (incineration). 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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Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature [by Sulekha Biswas]
Introduction to the Rasa-shastra texts. [[[ p. 24 ]]] The Rasa-shastra Texts The Indian literatures on atomism provided at best a polemical ground and could not establish any viable link with the [[[ p. 25 ]]] VIII-25 experimental discipline of Rasasastra or Indian alchemy, later developed into Iatro-chemistry. The Rasasastra tradition had its origin in Atharvaveda, the Samkhya system and the Ayurvedic texts of Caraka and Susruta....
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Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) [by G. D. Jayalakshmi]
Rasashastra considers minerals and metals which are mainly Bhumija in origin (obtained from earth). Mercury, known as Parada is one among them. According to references available in Rasashastra classical texts, initially Parada was used for lohavada (a process of converting lower metals in to higher one); but as time passed, its use for dehavada (treating diseases) was brought into medicine and was successfully used. Thus evolved its use in the treatment of diseases....
Read full contents: Rasa and Gandhaka—The Base of all Medicines
Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society [by Inge Wezler]
A Rasashastra Motif in Mughal Painting. [Full title: Gushing Mercury, Fleeing Maiden: A Rasasastra Motif in Mughal Painting / By Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma, Yaduendra Sahai] [[[ p. 158 ]]] 1. 1. Liquid and at the same time heavy, or solid and yet volatile, mercury (rasa, parada) has excited the imagination of mankind in most cultures and times. In India, several amazing qualities were attributed to it....
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[Rasasastra (The Mercurial System): index]
[About the Author (P. Himasagara Chandra Murthy)]
[Introduction]