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Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- वज्रवज्रलोहवज्रबन्धीफलवज्रकपालवज्रपाषाण
- Hindi
- वज्र के भेद
- English
- Kinds of vajra (vajra, vajraloha, vajrabandha fruit, vajrakapala, vajra stone)
What the text says
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Classification1
Vajras are said to be of many kinds: vajra, vajraloha, vajrabandha fruit, vajrakapala and vajra stone; whichever of them can be obtained are collected for the vajra kalpa.
Safety
- Identity uncertain. The name could refer to more than one plant, so no botanical identity is asserted.
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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1Other ingredients used together
7Count of shared preparations.
Topics of the text that discuss it
1Course sessions
1Questions and answers
1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 11 times on 6 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 225Chapter 13… साध्यते। प्रवृद्धरूपोःत्रा विभिद्य यत्नत:॥ 19॥ भावार्थ : अशमरीरोग सदा वज्र, विष, अग्नि व सर्प के समान शीघ्र मृत्युकारक है। यह रोग अत्यन्त विषम म …
- Book page 573Chapter 24… ृत्य, बाह्ये कुरु प्रबलगंधककल्कलेपम्॥ 19॥ सद्वृत्तमुत्तमगुणं प्रविधाय वज्र - मूषागतं वदनमस्य पिधाय धीमान्। 1सम्यग्धमेत्खदिरसद्भ्रमरैस्तत२स्त …
- Book page 577Chapter 24… रकचरी को स्तन दुग्ध के साथ मर्दन कर अच्छे कल्कों का लेपन करने पर कठिन वज्र भी फूटता है। बाकी अन्य रत्नों के विषय में तो क्या कहना? रस संस्कार फल …
- Book page 590Chapter 25×5… ्रां स्वयं। लीढ्वाहारनिवासवित्स जयति प्रख्यातरोगान्नर:॥ 34॥ भावार्थ : वज्र अनेक प्रकार के होते हैं। वज्र, वज्रलोह, वज्रबंध फल, वज्रकपाल और वज्रप …
- Book page 591Chapter 25×2… बल: सद्वज्रकायो नर:॥ 35॥ भावार्थ : उपर्युक्त वज्रन्य औषधियों से युक्त वज्र रसायन को घी मिलाकर छह महीने पयँत बराबर सेवन करें और प्रतिनित्य उसके ज …
- Book page 681Plant glossary… क्ष, स्नुहीवृक्ष. निवडुंग, स्नुहीवृक्ष. [कन्नड़] XvÜ, [कन्नड़] 5. वज्र (पु) तालमखाना, सफेदकुश, हाडसंधी, वाळा, हिरा, [कन्नड़] सेहुंडवृक्ष …
Questions and answers
How are the vajras processed in the vajra kalpa before they are taken?
They are burnt red hot in a bellows fire, quenched in water of patala and arjuna wood ash, washed seven times with very hot horse-gram decoction, put into milk and powdered; the powder is licked with ghee and sugar.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The text does not say what each kind is. The lexicon lists वज्र (diamond) under ingredient_ratna, but here the word covers five different substances, so a new group id is used.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Ingredient
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 6
- Chapters
- Chapter 25
- Extraction tasks
- T28
- Record id
- ingredient_vajra_bheda