After the fire treatment sarana is to be done: with the oil fit for sarana an equal measure of liquid gold is added; after sarana a globule (gulika) is made, which is then given sarana fourfold and, broken in the order of the shastra, digested. Siddha mercury well treated with sarana, given fourfold sarana again step by step with grinding, cooking and similar processes, becomes the mercury called pratisarita; that pratisarita mercury, given sarana again fourfold into siddha mercury and digested, becomes still more excellent and is called anusarita. Verse 39 says the first sarana makes it a hundred times stronger, pratisarana a thousand times and anusarana a hundred thousand (the commentary: a lakh) times.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- सारणाप्रतिसारणाअनुसारणा
- Hindi
- सारणा संस्कार
- English
- Sarana, pratisarana and anusarana of mercury
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury (parada)पारा (पारद) | सिद्दरस / सिद्द रस | Not stated |
| Gold (svarna)सोना (स्वर्ण) | कनकद्रव / सुवर्ण द्रव | समं / समान प्रमाण · an equal measure |
Preparation as described
Sarana with the sarana oil and liquid gold, a globule, fourfold sarana and digestion; repeated fourfold sarana with grinding and cooking for pratisarana, and again into siddha mercury for anusarana.
तदनंतर सारणा संस्कार करना चाहिए। सारणा के लिए योग्य तैल के साथ समान प्रमाण में सुवर्ण द्रव को भी डालना चाहिए। फिर सारणा संस्कार कर गोली तैयार करनी चाहिए।
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
विहितसारणतैलयुतै: रसै: ि़ाप समं कनकद्रवतां गतम् ॥ 35 ॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 24 · p. 576 · v. 35-38.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
What quality does the text say each process gives to mercury?
Svedana makes it intense, mardana free of impurities, processing with metals strong, jirna pure, bandhana siddha, garbhadravana blended into one, ranjana coloured, and sarana able to pervade the body.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The commentary prints the last name as उनसारित; the verse has अनुसारित. The text does not name the sarana oil.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 24
- Extraction tasks
- T27
- Record id
- method_rasa_sarana_p648