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Mineralखनिज

Sulphur (gandhaka)

गंधक (गन्धक) · गन्धक

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
गन्धकगंधकबलिगन्धपाषाणशुल्बारि
Hindi
गंधकगन्धकआमलासार गंधक
English
Sulphursulphursulfurgandhaka
Romanized
gandhakagandhak
Marathi
गंधक

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Properties1

  • Sulphur (gandhaka) is listed among the mineral poisons that come from mines.

    Chapter 19 · p. 414 · v. 31Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Safety

  • Editorial safety note: professional_supervision. This is a library classification, not a statement from the source.

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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Where else is this mentioned?

Named 13 times on 9 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Quick facts

Content type
Mineral
Categories
Mineral
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
9
Chapters
Chapter 19
Extraction tasks
T20
Record id
ingredient_gandhaka