The text describes the divine plant chandramrita taken mixed in breast milk in the morning by a person secluded in a specially built house, within a month-long regimen of fasting, cold water, emesis and purgation, milk and later rice with milk and ghee. The user is said to become godlike, radiant like the moon and sun, able to overcome the great diseases, and to live a thousand purvakoti.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- चन्द्रामृत रसायनचन्द्रामृत
- Hindi
- चंद्रामृत रसायन
- English
- Chandramrita rasayana
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Chandramrita (moon-nectar plant)चंद्रामृत | चंद्रनामामृतारुयं / चंद्रामृत | Not stated |
| Breast milkस्त्री का दूध | स्तन्य़ीरं / स्त्री के दूध | कुडब / 16 तोले · one kudava (16 tola in the commentary) |
Preparation as described
The chandramrita is mixed into one kudava of breast milk (16 tola in the commentary).
अैर 16 तोले स्त्री के दूध में इस चद्रांमृत को मिलाकर निशचल चित्त से प्रात:काल में पीवें।
How it is used
Drunk in the morning with a steady mind, sitting alone in the inner chamber of the house, away from relatives and attendants; the regimen that follows is recorded as method_chandramrita_regimen_p158.
कमरा) में, रसायन सेवन करने वाला, बंधुबांधव परिचारक आदिकों से वियुक्र होकर अकेला ही बैठें
Duration as written
one month (the regimen) · एक महिने तक
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
स्तन्य़ीरं प्रमाणात्कुडबमिह गृहीत्वादारात् प्रातरेव॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 6 · p. 86 · v. 57-63.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
- Contraindication in the text: Verse 65 says chandramrita and the other divine medicines should not be given to the sinful, the timid, the careless, those without family, the poor, those who disrespect medicine, those without aspiration for welfare or without enthusiasm, those absorbed in vices, those ruled by their senses, the angry, those hostile to the Jina's teaching and wicked people.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
Questions and answers
In what liquid and quantity is chandramrita taken, and at what time?
Mixed in one kudava of breast milk (16 tola in the commentary), drunk in the morning.
Detailed answer and sourcesWhat kind of house is prepared for the chandramrita regimen?
A very solid house with three walls and three storeys that is entered only after three circumambulations; the user stays alone in its central chamber.
Detailed answer and sourcesTo whom should chandramrita and the other divine medicines not be given?
To the sinful, timid, careless, those without family or wealth, those who disrespect medicine, lack aspiration or enthusiasm, are given to vices or unrestrained, the angry, those hostile to the Jina's teaching and wicked people.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The contraindication is verse 65 on PDF 160 (book 88). Supervision flag set because the regimen involves fasting followed by emesis and purgation.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 6
- Extraction tasks
- T04
- Record id
- formulation_chandramrita_rasayana_p158