Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- भल्लातपाषाणभल्लातकपाषाणभल्लातोपल
- Hindi
- भल्लातक पाषाण
- English
- Bhallataka stone
What the text says
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Other1
The text places a special black stone called bhallataka stone three kos (the verse: three gavyuti) east of the famous city of Kolipaka, with a village called bhallataka stone beside it, and says it is to be recognised by these and other signs.
Safety
- Identity uncertain. The name could refer to more than one plant, so no botanical identity is asserted.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
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Topics of the text that discuss it
2Course sessions
1Questions and answers
1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 3 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
Questions and answers
Where is the bhallataka stone said to be found, and how does the footnote define adhaka and drona?
Three kos east of the famous city of Kolipaka, near a village of the same name; four ser make one adhaka (a ser being sixty-four tola) and four adhakas make one drona.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The text gives only its place, colour and name; it is not the bhallataka plant, whose oil and root are added to the same kalpa.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Mineral
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 1
- Chapters
- Chapter 25
- Extraction tasks
- T28
- Record id
- ingredient_bhallataka_pashana