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Mineralखनिज

Gold (svarna)

सोना (स्वर्ण) · स्वर्ण

Extracted from the textNeeds a trained practitioner2 references

Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
स्वर्णसुवर्णहेमकनकहिरण्यकाञ्चनचामीकर
Hindi
सोनास्वर्णसोने का वर्क
English
Goldgoldsvarna
Romanized
svarnasuvarnasona

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Definition1

  • A footnote says pure gold and silver are called bija; the commentary writes the very red bija put into mercury as gold.

    Chapter 24 · p. 572 · v. 15FootnoteTraditional description

Properties1

  • Rubbing (the killed mercury) with gold is said to give more vigour (virya) and freedom from disease.

    Chapter 24 · p. 570 · v. 7Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Safety

  • Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
  • Editorial safety note: heavy_metal, 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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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Black shilajatu kalpaGhee to be given to the infantGreatness of perfected mercury: preparations for useHow killed mercury is takenHow the perfected mercury is takenPlant glossary, letter section च (entries 1–17: चक्रमर्द to चोर)Plant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, अ entries 1–16 (अंकोल to अग्निमन्थ)Plant glossary, क entries 1–12 (कक्कोल to कनक)Plant glossary, क entries 28–41 (कर्कोटी to काकादनी)Plant glossary, क entries 83–95 (केसर to कांजीरक)Plant glossary, ग entries 19–29 (गोशृंग to गुंजा)

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 23 times on 18 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

Which senses does the glossary give for अग्नि?

चित्रक and लाल चित्रक, भिलावा, नींबू, सोना, केशर and पित्त, among others.

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

Quick facts

Content type
Mineral
Categories
MetalMineral
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
18
Chapters
Chapter 24
Extraction tasks
T27
Record id
ingredient_svarna