Stones of many kinds shaped like the fruits of various trees are carefully identified, cooked many times in the decoction of those same fruits and finely powdered. The powder is eaten with milk, ghee, sugar or jaggery, and when it is digested the person eats fine rice with milk and ghee. By this, the text says, a man becomes like a god in his qualities and body.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- पाषाणभेद कल्प
- Hindi
- पाषाणभेद कल्प
- English
- Kalpa of fruit-shaped stones (pashanabheda)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit-shaped stones (pashanabheda of this kalpa)पखान भेद | पाषाणभेदा: / पाषाण भेदों (पखान भेद) | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | ़ीर / दूध | Not stated |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
| Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता) | इ़ुजात / शक्कर | Not stated |
| Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड) | इ़ुजात / गुड | Not stated |
| Rice (shali)शालि चावल (शालि) | वरशालिजं / उत्तम चावल के भात | Not stated |
Preparation as described
The stones are cooked many times in the decoction of the fruits they resemble and then finely powdered.
तरह जानकर उनको उन्हीं के फलों के क्वाथ से कइर् बार पकाकर अच्छी तरह चूर्ण करें अैर उसे दूध,
How it is used
Eaten with milk, ghee, sugar or jaggery; after it is digested, fine rice is eaten with milk and ghee.
घी, शक्कर या गुड के साथ खावंे उसके जीर्ण होने पर दूध घृत के साथ उत्तम चावल के भात को खावें।
नानावृ़ाफलोपमाकृतियुता: पाषाणभेदास्स्वयं।Source wording as converted, Chapter 25 · p. 587 · v. 25.All references
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Extraction notes
- The fruits whose decoction is used are those the stones resemble; none is named. No disease is named; the stated result is a god-like body and qualities.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
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- Chapters
- Chapter 25
- Extraction tasks
- T28
- Record id
- formulation_pashanabheda_kalpa_p659