Vrintakamusha, ṛn첹ūṣ�, Vrintaka-musha: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term ṛn첹ūṣ� can be transliterated into English as Vrntakamusa or Vrintakamusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraṛn첹ūṣ� (वृन्ताकमूष�) is a Sanskrit technical term corresponding to “Brinjal Shaped Crucible�. It is commonly used in 鲹śٰ literature (Medicinal Alchemy) such as the 鲹śܻ첹 or the Rasaratna-samuccaya. ṛn첹ūṣ� is a tool often used in various Ayurvedic recipes and Alchemical preparations.
: Indian Journal of History of Science, 31(4), 1996: MūṣāvijñānaVṛntakaūṣ� (वृन्तकमूषा) refers to a “crucible of the size of an egg-plant� and is a type of ūṣ� (crucible) mentioned in the Rasaratnasamuccaya 10.24. A crucible is used for smelting metals. According to the Rasaratnasamuccaya 10.2 a ūṣ� is one which destroys faults in metals. The word ūṣ� has its origin in the process of purification of metals to which it is primarily employed.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsṛn첹ūṣ� (वृन्ताकमूष�):—Crucible with stem a kind of crucible resembling brinjal generally used in extraction of zinc from its ore.

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: AlchemyPottery: Forays into Alchemical PotteryVrintaka-crucible:—A crucible of the shape of the brinjal (Solanum melongena) to which is attached a tubular end, expanding towards its mouth like the flower of Datura stramonium, and which is either twelve or eight digits in length, is suitable for the extraction of the essence of calamine and other readily fusible minerals. It is usually of 6� length and 2� breadth, at the top where the flower stem is, there is a 4� tube inserted, called vrintaka-musha (Dash 1986) .
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