Rasavidya, 搁补蝉补惫颈诲测腻, Rasa-vidya: 3 definitions
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-艣膩stra搁补蝉补惫颈诲测腻 (啶班じ啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ) refers to the 鈥渟cience of alchemy鈥�. It involves practices related to chemicals and transmuting metals and minerals. The term is used throughout Rasa艣膩stra literature.
: History of Science in South Asia: Making Gems in Indian Alchemical Literature搁补蝉补惫颈诲测腻 (啶班じ啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ) refers to the 鈥渒nowledge of mercury鈥� and is a synonym for the Indian alchemical tradition.鈥擳he works associated with the Indian alchemical discipline variously call their subject 鈥渢he doctrine of mercury鈥� (谤补蝉补惫腻诲补), 鈥渢he discipline of mercury鈥� (谤补蝉补艣腻蝉迟谤补), and 鈥渢he knowledge of mercury鈥� (谤补蝉补惫颈诲测腻). As these names suggest, the methods and aims of Indian alchemy centre on the uses of mercury, in particular on the making and application of mercurial elixirs. This is also the focus of much of the 搁补蝉补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 (lit. 鈥渏ewel mine of mercury鈥�).
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms搁补蝉补惫颈诲测腻 (啶班じ啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ):鈥擳he science of transmutation / alchemy / chemiagiri
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
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Starts with: Rasavidyaguru.
Full-text: Rasavidyaguru, Nityanatha, Rasashastra, Rasavada, Rasaratnakara, Shrisailam.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 117 < [Volume 23 (1918)]
Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
24. Date of Vasudeva鈥檚 Commentary on the Vasavadatta < [Volume 2 (1954)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 8 - Chemists of the Metallic School: King Rama Chandra < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
Part 25 - Ar-Razi and the Indian knowledge of metallic chemistry < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)
Alchemy and Sacred Geography in the Mediaeval Deccan < [Volume 2 (1992)]
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