The text says that in the juice of sarpakshi, sharavarini, sahachari, patha and kakadani mercury is well fixed and does not run here and there, and that steamed (samsveda) with oil combined with the paste and decoction of these plants it stays steady at the mouth of the fire, even, the verse adds, through a thousand blowings.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- पारदस्तंभन
- Hindi
- पारद स्तंभन
- English
- Fixing (stambhana) of mercury
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury (parada)पारा (पारद) | पारद | Not stated |
| Sarpakshiसरहटीगण्डनी | सर्पा़ी / सरहटीगणडनी | Not stated |
| Sharavariniसरपता | शरवारिणी / सरपता | Not stated |
| Saireyaka (porcupine flower)कटसरैया (सैरेयक) | सहचरी / पीली कटसरैया | Not stated |
| Pathaपाठा (पाढ़) | पाठा | Not stated |
| Kakadaniकाकादनी | काकादनी / काकादिनी | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल / तेल | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Mercury is put in the juice of the five plants and steamed with oil combined with their paste and decoction.
उनके कल्क व कषाय से युक्र तेल से संस्वेदन प्रयोग करने पर पारद अत्यन्त ती़ण अग्नि में मी बराबर स्थिर होकर ठहरता है।
सर्पा़ीशरवारिणी सहचरी पाठा सकाकादनी।Source wording as converted, Chapter 24 · p. 578 · v. 44.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
Questions and answers
How does the text make mercury stay steady in fire?
It is put in the juice of sarpakshi, sharavarini, sahachari, patha and kakadani and steamed with oil combined with their paste and decoction; it then stays steady even in very sharp fire.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Verse number printed yy and read as 44. The oil is not named; ingredient_taila stands for तैल as written.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 24
- Extraction tasks
- T27
- Record id
- method_parada_stambhana_p650