Rasasastra (The Mercurial System)
author: P. Himasagara Chandra Murthy
edition: 2008, Chaukhambha Sanskrit Series office
pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9788170802768
Topic: Rasashastra
Hingulottha Parada (Extraction of Mercury from Cinnabar)
This page describes Hingulottha Parada (Extraction of Mercury from Cinnabar) located on pages 174-202 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]
Parada takes the persons across the oceans of diseases . Mercury was obtained by distillation of cinnabar or hingula/darada in a Vidyadhara Yantra (9. 57). The distillate was called hingulakrsta rasa (8. 37)....
Read full contents: 7. Rasa and Rasaka according to Rasaratna-samuccaya
Alchemy in India and China [by Vijaya Jayant Deshpande]
A combination of male and female principles, i. e. , mercury and sulphur (forming cinnabar or mercuric sulphide) or mercury and mica, was supposed to be potent and was thereby consumed as "Rasayana" or a medicine for increasing body fluids or vitality. In Buddhist alchemical texts too we find a parallel concept of a dialogue. Prajnaparmita (one with countless or boundless intelligence or wisdom), a name for Buddha, confers alchemical knowledge to his disciples....
Read full contents: 2. The Philosophy of Mercury
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....
Read full contents: Rasa and Gandhaka—The Base of all Medicines
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[Rasasastra (The Mercurial System): index]
[About the Author (P. Himasagara Chandra Murthy)]
[Introduction]