Maharasa (24): Zinc carbonate (Zn CO3)
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This page describes Maharasa (24): Zinc carbonate (Zn CO3) located on page 326 in the book Text Book of Rasa Sastra composed by K. Rama Chandra Reddy. This book contains a collection of scientific articles based on the principles of Rasasastra (Rasashastra) and contains Sanskrit text of ancient literature, as well as modern English scientific documentation. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature [by Sulekha Biswas]
(Rasarnava 9. 2-3) Rasarnava mentioned three kinds of ksara or alkali: tankana or borax, yavaksara (carbonate of potash in the ash of barley) and sarjika or river bed sodium carbonate/bi-carbonate (5. 35-36). Eight maharasas (Rasarnava 7. 2-3) included srotanjana which was probably copper/antimony/cobalt sulphide, found on the banks of river and later colloqually known (in Rajasthan) as sohta....
Read full contents: 11. Rasarnava—A Brahminical Tantra
Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society [by Inge Wezler]
zu erwahnen, dass Somadeva rajavarta als maharasa (RCu 10,1; 10,55-60) bezeichnet, der Autor des RRS rajavarta dagegen nur als ratna (4,2; 4,75-81) aufzahlt und behandelt, dafur aber capala als (maha)rasa nennt (2,1) und zur Beschreibung dieser Substanz (2,135-141) auf das Rasarnavatantra (RV) und eine von mir nicht identifizierte Textstelle zuruckgreift (RRS 2,135-136 ≈ RV 7,23-24)....
Read full contents: Reflections on Rasaratna-samuccaya and Rasendra-chudamani
Alchemy in India and China [by Vijaya Jayant Deshpande]
Calamine which is zinc carbonate, the main ore of zinc, had names like Rasaka or kharpara. A process for purification of zinc is given in Tibetan texts which 34 were translated from Sanskrit in the eighth to ninth 35 century AD. Also Rasarnava, a text of the twelfth century, repeats a process of extraction of zinc from calamine, as given in Rasaratnakara of Nagarjuna....
Read full contents: 8. Case of Tutenag or Zinc
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