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Mineral
Pearl (mukta)
मोती (मुक्ता) · मुक्ता
Food
Sorghum and pearl millet (yavanala)
ज्वार और बाजरा · यवनाल
Formulation
Cooling pearl collyrium for shukti
शुक्तिनाशक शीतांजन
A cooling collyrium for shukti: pearl, crystal, coral, conch, mother-of-pearl, gold, silver, sandal and sugar ground well in goat's milk.
Principle
Life span (ayu)
आयु (जीवन काल) · आयु
The commentary says gods born in the upapāda bed and those attaining a final or excellent body obtain, by their merit, long-lived bodies that poison, weapons and the like cannot cut short,…
Topic
Collyrium for shukti
शुक्ति रोग में अंजन · शुक्तिरोग में अंजन
Cooling collyria are used to remove shukti of the eye: pearl, crystal, conch, mother-of-pearl, gold, silver, sandal and sugar are ground well in goat's milk and applied as a collyrium.
Topic
Judging short and long life by bodily marks (sāmudrika)
सामुद्रिक शास्त्र के अनुसार अल्पायु और महायु की परीक्षा · सामुद्रिक शास्त्रानुसार अल्पायु-महायु परीक्षा
Marks of a long life are listed: soft, fleshy, glossy hands and feet like aśoka shoots or lotuses with many auspicious lines; long, fleshy ears; eyes like blue lotuses; teeth like pearls or…
Topic
Plant glossary, letter section ज (entries 1–11: जटा to जंघारूहा)
वनौषधिशब्दादर्श, ज वर्ग (प्रविष्टि 1–11: जटा से जंघारूहा) · ज
Eleven entries from जटा (जटामांसी, बालछड़, शतावर, a tree root) to जंघारूहा (झारसी). They include जम्बू (जामुन), जल (सुगंधवाला, नेत्रवाला, water, a cow's womb), जलज (lotus, conch, pearl,…
Formulation
Sauvarnadi pill
सौवर्णादि गुटिका · सौवर्णादिगुटिका
Pills of gold, copper and silver ash, or of pearl and coral ash, with equal powders of amalaki, bibhitaki, haritaki, samudraphena, turmeric, conch, tuttha, guduchi, liquorice, long pepper,…
Topic
Sauvarnadi pill
सौवर्णादि गुटिका
Equal parts of gold, copper and silver ash, or of pearl and coral ash, are mixed with equal powders of amalaki, bibhitaki, haritaki, samudraphena, turmeric, conch, tuttha, guduchi,…