Essay name: Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature
Author:
Sulekha Biswas
Affiliation: Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies the presence of Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature over three millennia, from the Rigveda to Rasaratna-Samuccaya. It establishes that ancient Indians were knowledgeable about various minerals and metallurgy prior to the Harappan era, with literary references starting in the Rgveda.
Appendix A - Scientific information on the Minerals used
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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PHENA foam, froth, scum. PHENALA, PHENILA, PHENAVAT.
BISTA -
Pan. 5.2.97 and 99.
a particular weight of gold (= 80 ratik膩s).
Pan, 4.1.22., 5.1.31
BHANGURA -fragile, perishable, breakable.
BHASTRA
BHANDA
BHAS
叠贬膧厂础
Pan, 3.2.161.
a leather bag or vessel, skin, pouch. BHASTRIKAH
or BHASTRIKA means something or somebody transporting
by means of a leather bag. BHASTRAYA HARATI.
Leather bellows by which iron is heated or grain is
carried. BHARA = carry, bear.
Pan. 4.4.16 " 啶じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ 啶囙い啶� 啶忇さ啶 啶嗋う啶苦き啷嵿く啶� 啶む啶むた啶ぞ-
啶膏ぎ啶班啶ム啶啶 啶灌ぐ啶む啶む啶啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷嵿ぐ啶班啶ム 啶啶ㄠ啶啶班い啷嵿く啶 啶さ啶むた 啷�
[bhastra iti evam 膩dibhya岣� t峁泃iy膩-
samarthebhya岣� harat墨tyetasminrarthe punpratyayo bhavati |
] S VAN BHASTRA 艢猸慥膧BHASTRI
Pan. 7.3.8 啶溹啶�. 啶嗋う啷�, 啶囙啶�
[jva. 膩do, i帽i
] S VABHASTRI means something made of dog leather.
BAHUBHASTRIKA means a furnace with many leather
bellows (?)
Pan 7.3.47.
vessel, pot, dish, vat etc. Pan. 3.1.20.
lustre, brightness. Pan. 3.2.21., 3.2.177.
to shine. Pan. 3.2.161., 7.4.3.
叠贬膧厂础NA, BH膧SURA
BHASKARA, BHASVAT,
BH膧SVARA - shining, brillant, luminous, radiant, bright,
glittering. Pan. 1.3.47, 3.2.161., 3.2.21.,
3.2.175., 8.2.9
BHIDA
to split, cleave, break. Pan, 3.2.61.
