Water is purified by rubbing in clearing nut (kataka, nirmalī seed), adding linseed flour, boiling it over fire, quenching red-hot iron in it, setting it in sunlight and at night in moonlight, and finally straining it through cloth.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- जलशुद्धि
- Hindi
- जलशुद्धि विधान
- English
- Purifying drinking water
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Kataka (clearing nut)निर्मली (कतक) | कतकफल (निर्मली बीज) | Not stated |
| Linseed (atasi)अलसी (अतसी) | अतसी के आटा | Not stated |
| Iron (loha)लोहा (लोह) | तपे हुए लोह | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | तोय / जल | Not stated |
कतकफल (निर्मली बीज) व अतसी के आटा डालना, अग्नि से तपाना, तपे हुए लोह को बु¤ाकर गरम करना, सूर्यकिरण में रखना, रात्रि में चाँदनी में रखना आदि नाना प्रकार के उपायों से शोधन किया गया तथा वस्त्र वगैरह से छना हुआSource wording as converted, Chapter 5 · p. 64 · v. 12.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse is on PDF 136; the quoted commentary is on PDF 137.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 5
- Extraction tasks
- T03
- Record id
- method_jala_shodhana_p136