Text Book of Rasa Sastra
author: K. Rama Chandra Reddy
edition: 2010, Chaukhambha Sanskrit Bhawan
pages: 618
ISBN-13: 9788189986414
Topic: Rasashastra
Yantra (53): Extraction
This page describes Yantra (53): Extraction located on page 108 in the book Text Book of Rasa Sastra composed by K. Rama Chandra Reddy. This book contains a collection of scientific articles based on the principles of Rasasastra (Rasashastra) and contains Sanskrit text of ancient literature, as well as modern English scientific documentation. 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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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Oil can be extracted by means of the Patala-yantra from all sorts of seeds, bones, and flesh, dried and pounded over and over again. Fifth process. Seeds of ankolla, pestled with kanji, are to be kept one night, and then made into a lump which is to be heated by means of the Kanduka-yantra or Svedani-yantra (see page 251, vol. I), for two hours. It is then to be confined tightly in a piece of tough cloth, and pressed by means of a strong piece of wood resulting in the extraction of oil....
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Second process of extraction, of essence of mica. Purified mica, with one fourth its quantity of tankana, is to be rubbed with the juice of mushali and heated steadily by means of a kosthi-yantra. This will lead to the coming out of the essence. Third process. Mica is to be rubbed separately with each of the following, and dried in the sun, after it is rubbed every time:—kasamarda, musta, basaka, punarnaba, brahmi or hilamochika, karabella leaves, and hansapadi....
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Urdhva-nalika-yantra (Tanka-yantra). Make a hole just below the neck of a vessel and fit in to this a bamboo pipe, the mouth of the vessel being tightly covered with a basin. Join the other extremity of the bamboo pipe with a glass vessel, into which is to flow vapour coming out of the vessel through the pipe. (This apparatus is meant for the extraction of essences of materials kept with liquids in the vessel which is to be placed upon fire). Patala-yantra....
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