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Shilajit (shilajatu)

शिलाजीत (शिलाजतु) · शिलाजतु

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
शिलाजतुशिलाजित्शैलेयअद्रिजागिरिजअश्मजगिरिनिर्यास
Hindi
शिलाजीतशिलाजतुशिलाजित
English
Shilajitshilajitmineral pitchshilajatu
Romanized
shilajatushilajit
Marathi
शिलाजीत

What the text says

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Classification3

  • The kalpa of shilajatu is said to be of many kinds; the author gives it with a few variants.

    Chapter 25 · p. 585 · v. 20Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • Tin, lead, iron, copper, silver and gold are named as the six metals that are the sources (yoni) of shilajatu; shilajatu arising from each later metal in this order is said to have more virtue than the one before.

    Chapter 25 · p. 586 · v. 22Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • A black kind of shilajatu called usha is described as liquid and shining like lac, showing five colours plainly; it is used in mercury work and is said to make the six metals liquid.

    Chapter 25 · p. 587 · v. 23Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Properties2

  • This juice is called shilajatu, described as of excellent potency, bringing excellence in the three worlds or making them very strong and vigorous.

    Chapter 25 · p. 586 · v. 21Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • The verse calls the mountain exudate the lord of rasas, a maker of gold and a medicine that removes all diseases; the commentary says this best of rasas contains gold and is the best medicine for destroying all diseases.

    Chapter 25 · p. 586 · v. 22Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Other2

  • In summer the mountains, heated intensely by the sun's fire-like rays, are said to exude from the hard, cracked rocks of their peaks a red juice like lac juice, as ichor flows from a rutting elephant.

    Chapter 25 · p. 586 · v. 21Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • The editor's footnote says mountain rocks always contain some portion of metals such as tin; when the rock is heated these metals melt and take the form of shilajatu, which is why they are called its sources.

    Chapter 25 · p. 586 · v. 22FootnoteTraditional description

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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Black shilajatu kalpaGhee that destroys vata-type stoneGoshringi kalpaIntroduction to the shilajatu kalpaOrigin of shilajatuPlant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, क entries 42–56 (काकोलिका to किणिही)Plant glossary, ग entries 5–18 (गायत्रिका to गोशीर्ष)Plant glossary, श section, entries 1–55 (शक्रमर्द to श्वेताम्ली)Praise of triphalaShilajatu combinationShilajatu kalpa for kushtha

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 38 times on 14 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

According to the glossary, what is गूगल?

The gum of the गुग्गुल tree.

Detailed answer and sources
How does the text say shilajatu arises, and which metals are named as its sources?

In summer the sun-scorched mountains exude a red juice like lac from their cracked rocks; tin, lead, iron, copper, silver and gold are named as its six sources.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Mineral
Categories
Mineral
Source pages with records
3
Pages naming it
14
Chapters
Chapter 25
Extraction tasks
T28
Record id
ingredient_shilajatu