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Bija (seed metal in mercury processing)

बीज

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
बीज
Hindi
बीज
English
Bija (seed metal in mercury processing)

What the text says

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Definition1

  • A footnote defines bija: when, while one metal is being cooked, another metal is put into it and it takes on the colour of the metal added, that is called bija. It adds a quotation that pure gold and silver are called bija.

    Chapter 24 · p. 572 · v. 15FootnoteTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 72 times on 44 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

How do the editor's footnotes define bija, garbhadruti and vida?

Bija is a metal that, put into another metal while it is being cooked, gives it its own colour, and pure gold and silver are also called bija; garbhadruti is making what mercury has swallowed liquid inside the mercury; vida is the mixture of alkalis, sour substances, sulphur, cow urine, salts and the like used to digest what mercury has swallowed.

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Quick facts

Content type
Principle
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
44
Chapters
Chapter 24
Extraction tasks
T27
Record id
concept_bija