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Grain husk (tusha)

भूसा · तुष

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: तुष
Hindi: भूसाधान्य का भूसा
English: Grain husk (tusha)

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Procedures using it

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Strengthening mercury by making it fire-resistantरस बृंहण विधि

Other ingredients used together

8

Count of shared preparations.

Mercury (parada)पारा (पारद)×1 Rock salt (saindhava)सेंधा नमक (सैंधव)×1 Orpiment (haratala)हरताल (हरिताल)×1 Earth and clay (mrittika)मिट्टी (मृत्तिका)×1 Grapes and raisins (draksha)मुनक्का और अंगूर (द्राक्षा)×1 Akhukarni (musakarni)मूंसाकर्णी×1 Mica (abhraka)अभ्रक (अभ्रक)×1 Cow dung (gomaya)गोबर (गोमय)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Siddha ghee-nectarसिद्ध घृतामृत

Related entries

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Siddha ghee-nectar (siddhaghritamrita)सिद्ध घृतामृत Strengthening mercury by making it fire-resistantरस बृंहण विधि

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Named 3 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Extraction notes

Ground with salt, orpiment and earth, and used as a fuel, in strengthening mercury (verses 32-34, PDF 647-648).

Quick facts

Content type: Ingredient
Source pages with records: 0
Pages naming it: 2
Extraction tasks: T27
Record id: ingredient_tusha