Saurashtri, 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤墨: 6 definitions

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In Buddhism
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Saurashtri means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤墨 can be transliterated into English as Saurastri or Saurashtri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-艣膩stra

厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤墨 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶班, 鈥渁lum鈥�):鈥擮ne of the eight uparasa (鈥榮econdary minerals鈥�), a group of eight minerals, according to the 搁补蝉补辫谤补办腻艣补蝉耻诲丑腻办补谤补: a 13th century Sanskrit book on Indian alchemy, or, Rasa艣膩stra. It is also known by the synonyms Spha峁璱k膩, Tubar墨 and K膩峁卥峁Ｄ�. Alum is a chemical compound obtained from Alunite (sulfate minerals) or Bauxite (aluminium ore).

There are two varieties of Alum (saur膩峁ａ弓r墨):

笔丑耻濒濒颈办腻
and 碍丑补峁璱办腻

: archive.org: Rasa-Jala-Nidhi: Or Ocean of indian chemistry and alchemy

Saurastri or Saurastra-mrittika refers to a kind of earth from which alum is extracted. (see Bhudeb Mookerji and his Rasajalanidhi)

: Indian Journal of History of Science: Rasaprak膩艣a-sudh膩kara, chapter 6

厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤墨 (Alum)鈥擳hat which is produced from the mines of Saur膩峁ａ弓ra Prade艣a is known as 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤墨. It is also known as Tuvar墨 (Tubar墨). And if it is pasted on white cloth it makes the colour fast hence it is known as 谤补峁単补产补苍诲丑补办补谤墨.

Its two varieties are mentioned,

笔丑耻濒濒颈办腻,
碍丑补峁璱办补.

The K膩峁卥峁Ｄ� (Alum) is 办补峁Ｄ乱补, madhura and 办补峁璾-谤补蝉补蝉, destroys 办补辫丑补诲辞峁 and 惫颈峁诲辞峁, cures 惫谤补峁嘺蝉, netrarogas, 迟谤颈诲辞峁箩补-谤辞驳补蝉 and also 办耻峁ａ弓丑补-谤辞驳补蝉. It helps for 产墨箩补箩腻谤补峁嘺 in 辫腻谤补诲补 (mercury)

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: 膧yurveda and botany

厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤墨 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶班) refers to 鈥渁lum鈥�, or, more precisely, a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium (or aluminum and ammonia). It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-sa峁僪it膩 and the Su艣ruta-sa峁僪it膩.

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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.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: academia.edu: Holy Sites in Buddhist Sa峁僾ara Cycle

厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤墨 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶班) refers to one of the sixty-four inner channels running through the 苍颈谤尘腻峁嘺肠补办谤补, according to the 10th century 岣屇乲腻谤峁嘺惫补 chapter 15. Nirm膩峁嘺cakra is an inner circle of the shape of a lotus with sixty-four petals. This inner circle is visualized in one鈥檚 abdomen. The inner channels [viz., 厂补耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤墨] run through the petals of these inner circles.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saur膩峁ａ弓ri (嗖膏硨嗖班簿嗖粪硩嗖熰硩嗖班部):鈥�

1) [noun] a kind of fragrant soil (of 嗖膏硨嗖班簿嗖粪硩嗖熰硩嗖� [saurashtra]).

2) [noun] a kind of vine of Cucurbitaceae family.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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