Text Book of Rasa Sastra
author: K. Rama Chandra Reddy
edition: 2010, Chaukhambha Sanskrit Bhawan
pages: 618
ISBN-13: 9788189986414
Topic: Rasashastra
Maharasa (20): Sasyaka
This page describes Maharasa (20): Sasyaka located on page 315 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 2: Minerals (uparasa) [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Characteristics of Sasyaka (blue stone, found in nature). It has the colour of the neck of a peacock, The difference between tuttha and sasyaka lies in the fact that tuttha is prepared in the laboratory, whereas sasyaka is a mineral found in nature. In the absence of either of these two, the other may be used. Qualities of sasyaka. It is a remover of an abnormal excess of the three doshas....
Read full contents: Part 4 - Characteristics of Sasyaka (blue stone, found in nature)
Brihat Samhita [by N. Chidambaram Iyer]
If Mercury should be of the colour of gold or of a parrot or if he should resemble the hue of the Sasyaka gem, or if his disc should appear glossy or big in size, mankind will be happy; but if otherwise, they will be afflicted with miseries. (* 1) Mercury disappears when within 14 degrees from the Sun and re-appears beyond that distance; but when retrograde, the limit is only 12 degrees. (* 2) Sasyaka: a species of precious stone coloured like the inner fruit of a coconut; perhaps an opal....
Read full contents: Chapter 7 - On the course of Mercury (budha-cara)
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Rasaka (calamine), bimala, tapya (pyrites), chapala, tuttha (blue vitriol), anjana (stibnite), hingula (cinnabar), and sasyaka (a kind of vitriol)—all these uparasas are also to be placed at the edge of the eight petals and worshipped from the east to the north east....
Read full contents: Part 3 - Drawing of a hexagonal lotus diagram
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[Preface]
[About the Author (K. Rama Chandra Reddy)]