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Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- चन्द्रामृतचन्द्रनामामृत
- Hindi
- चंद्रामृत
- English
- Chandramrita (moon-nectar plant)
Ayurvedic properties
Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.
- Actions
- Rasayana
What the text says
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Definition1
Chandramrita is described as a special plant on this earth whose leaves grow day by day in the bright fortnight like the moon, are fully green at full moon, decline in the dark fortnight and all fall on the new-moon day; it is said to be very hard to find.
Properties1
Its potency, name and form are said to be both one and many, like the syadvada of the Jina's teaching, meaning its power is beyond conception.
Indications1
The text says one who takes it by the prescribed regimen becomes like a god in a second human body, radiant like the moon and sun, with a voice deep as a rain cloud, adorned within an antarmuhurta with shining ornaments, divine garlands, sandal and spotless clothes, able to go unhindered wherever he wishes, with a body like divine nectar to the touch, able to conquer the great diseases, and attains a lifespan of a thousand purvakoti.
Other1
It is said to grow in lakes, deep rivers and mountain regions.
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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Named 3 times on 3 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 86Chapter 6कल्याणकारके / रसायनविधि: 86 चंद्रामृत रसायन प्रोक्रं लोकप्रतीतं भुवनतलगतं चंद्रनामामृताख्यं॥ वक्षम्येतत …
- Book page 87Chapter 6… ुष्यमापAोत्यमलिनचरित: पूर्वकोटीसहस्रम्॥ 63॥ भावार्थ : इस भूमि के अंदर चंद्रामृत नाम का औषधि विशोष है। उसकी विशोषता यह है कि वह अपने पत्तों के साथ कृष …
- Book page 88Chapter 6… न्येतद्विधानादनुभवनमिह प्रोक्रमासीत्तथैव॥64॥ भावार्थ : इस प्रकार इस चंद्रामृत से भी अधिक शक्ति युक्त बहुत से औषध मैजूद हैं। उनके सेवन से साक्षत् दे …
Questions and answers
How do the leaves of chandramrita change through the lunar month?
They grow daily in the bright fortnight and are full at full moon, then decline in the dark fortnight and all fall on the new-moon day.
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Extraction notes
- A divine plant named in the text; the text gives no botanical identity.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Herb
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 3
- Chapters
- Chapter 6
- Extraction tasks
- T04
- Record id
- ingredient_chandramrita