Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- स्तन्यस्तन्यक्षीरवनितापयस्तनाम्बु
- Hindi
- स्त्री का दूधमाँ का दूधस्तन दूध
- English
- Breast milkHuman milkHuman breast milk
What the text says
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Preparation1
Breast milk, one kudava (16 tola in the commentary), is the liquid in which chandramrita is taken.
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Open in the usage explorerFormulations containing it
4Procedures using it
4Given as vehicle or after-drink
1Taken with or after these preparations.
Conditions mentioned with it
1Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.
Organs and systems mentioned
2Other ingredients used together
24Count of shared preparations.
Mercury (parada)पारा (पारद)×3Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)×2Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल)×2Gold (svarna)सोना (स्वर्ण)×2Meshashringiमेढसिंगी×2Chandramrita (moon-nectar plant)चंद्रामृत×1Citron (matulunga)बिजौरा नींबू (मातुलुंग)×1Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)×1Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)×1Niliनीली×1Conch shell (shankha)शंख (शङ्ख)×1Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता)×1Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)×1Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड)×1Old brick (ishtaka)इँट×1Sour fermented gruel (kanjika)कांजी (काञ्जिक)×1Salt group (lavanavarga)लवणवर्ग×1Hingu (asafoetida)हींग (हिंगु)×1
Topics of the text that discuss it
7Chandramrita rasayanaचंद्रामृत रसायनCollyrium against vata-type abhishyandaवाताभिष्यन्द नाशक अंजनConch collyrium (pitta-type eye disease)शंख का अंजन (पित्तज नेत्ररोग)Drugs for the transfer of mercury; close of the teachingरस संक्रमण की औषधियाँ और उपसंहारHow killed mercury is takenमृत रस के सेवन की विधिResults of sarana; processing with gemsसारणा का फल और रत्न संस्कारThe lamp (dipana) processदीपन योग
Course sessions
1Questions and answers
1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 2 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 15Chapter 2… ्रथम केवल माता का दूध पीकर जीता है। आगे वही कुछ मास वृद्धगिंत होने पर माँ का दूध और अन्न दोनों को खाता है। इस अवस्था को भी उल्लंघन कर आगे केवल भोजन कर …
- Book page 289Chapter 15… ्पित्तकृतामयाक्षिणि॥ 140॥ भावार्थ : शंख को अच्छी तरह चूर्णकर फिर उसे स्तन दूध के साथ लोह के दो बरतन में डालकर खूब रगडना चाहिए (अर्थात् लोह के बरतन …
Questions and answers
In what liquid and quantity is chandramrita taken, and at what time?
Mixed in one kudava of breast milk (16 tola in the commentary), drunk in the morning.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Written वनितापयो (v.135) and स्तनांबुना (v.140). The lexicon lists स्तन्य only as an ambiguous alias of ingredient_ksheera; here the text clearly means woman's milk.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Ingredient
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 6
- Extraction tasks
- T04, T14
- Record id
- ingredient_stanya