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Sharavarini

सरपता · शरवारिणी

Sharavarini is one of the five plants in whose juice mercury is said to be fixed.

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Glossary entry

शरवारिणी

लताविशेष

हिन्दी: लताविशेष · मराठी: लताविशेष

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Herb

Haridra (turmeric)

हल्दी (हरिद्रा) · हरिद्रा

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Mineral

Mercury (parada)

पारा (पारद) · पारद

Mercury (rasa, parada) is said to be also called rasaraja.

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Procedure

Fixing (stambhana) of mercury

पारद स्तंभन · पारदस्तंभन

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…

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Topic

Fixing mercury

पारद स्तंभन

In the juice of the five plants sarpakshi, sharavarini, sahachari, patha and kakadani (the commentary: sarahati-gandani, sarpata, yellow katasaraiya, patha and kakadini) mercury does not…

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Question

How does the text make mercury stay steady in fire?

ग्रंथ पारे को अग्नि में स्थिर कैसे करता है?

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.

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