The text says mercury processed with gems (mani) also becomes most excellent, and the commentary says gems burst at its touch and that the method of processing with gems is now told. Meshashringi and kapurakachari (verse: vishana and mura) ground with breast milk and applied as a good paste are said to split even the hard diamond (vajra), not to speak of other gems.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- रत्न संस्कारवज्र भेदन
- English
- Processing with gems; splitting the diamond
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Meshashringiमेढसिंगी | विषाण / मेढासिंगी | Not stated |
| Shati (spiked ginger lily)कचूर (शटी) | मुराग्रज / कपूरकचरी | Not stated |
| Breast milkस्त्री का दूध | स्तनरस / स्तन दुग्ध | Not stated |
| Gems (ratna)रत्न | कठिनवज्र, मणि / कठिन वज्र, रत्न | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Meshashringi and kapurakachari are ground with breast milk and the paste is applied to the gem.
भावार्थ : मेढासिंगी व कपूरकचरी को स्तन दुग्ध के साथ मर्दन कर अच्छे कल्कों का लेपन करने पर कठिन वज्र भी फूटता है।
कठिनवज्रमपि स्फुटति स्फुटं। स्फुटविपाकवशान्मणयोःथ किम्॥41॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 24 · p. 577 · v. 40-41.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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse's मुराग्रज is glossed कपूरकचरी, which the lexicon lists under shati.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 24
- Extraction tasks
- T27
- Record id
- method_vajra_bhedana_p649