The Wealth of Indian Alchemy and Its Medicinal Uses
author: B. Mukherji
edition: 1998, Sri Satguru Publications
pages: 741
ISBN-10: 8170305829
ISBN-13: 9788170305828
Topic: Rasashastra
Chapter 13 - Lavanas (Salts)
This page describes Lavanas (Salts) which is the thirteenth chapter located on pages 315-317 in the book The wealth of Indian alchemy composed by B. Mukherji. This book is a compendium of medicinal practices related to Indian alchemy, a branch of Ayurveda known as Rasashastra. It deals with topics such as purification of metals, minerals and previous stones. 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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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) [by Debabrata Barai]
In the poetic descriptions there are four types of conversation are found regarding to the oceans and water i.e. non-discrimination between milky and safety oceans, Identical description of seas and oceans, Existence of monsters in oceans and Existence of mosses in all water reservoirs. (1) Poetic conventions on non-discrimination between milky and salty oceans: In generally the water of oceans are salted but in the Kavyamimamsa of Rajashekhara says seven types of oceans, which are Lavana (salt water...
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Introduction to Salts (lavana). There are six different kinds of salts (lavana), viz. (1) samudra (marine), (2) saindhava (rock-salt found in the Punjab and sind), (3) bira (an artificial salt), (4) sauvarchala (salt-petre), (5) romaka (salt obtained from the lake, sambar, in Rajputana), and (6) chulika (nava-sara or sal-ammoniac). Properties of salts in general. Salt is purifier, increaser of relish in food, digestive, increaser of kapha and pitta, destroyer of manliness and of vayu....
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Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) [by Hin-tak Sik]
Medicines (i): Salts (Lona/Lavana). Many versions of the Chapter on Medicine comprise a list of salts as medicines. They are recorded in the following passages: Theravada:—“… the salt medicines [are]: sea salt, black salt, rock salt, earth salt, artificial salt, or whatever other salt medicines there are; neither they serve as hard food among the hard food, nor as soft food among the soft food....
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