Standardisation (7): Specific Gravity
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This page describes Standardisation (7): Specific Gravity located on page 618 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]
The Ratnasastra texts brought in the useful criteria of relative hardness, specific gravity and optical properties towards the identification of gems. The reference to rasapaka in Kautilya shows that rasasastra studies had been initiated during his time to transform matter to useful variaties. Alchemy gradually evolved from the sustained efforts of Caraka, Susruta, Patanjali and Nagarjuna....
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From thinking on the lightness of the soul, the yogi produces a diminution of his specific gravity by swallowing large draughts of air, and thereby keeps himself in an aerial posture both on sea and land. This the Sruti says as ( ~~). 4. Gravity or Garima. This practice is opposed to the above, and it is by the same process of swallowing great draughts of air, and compressing them within the system, that the yogi acquires an increase of his specific gravity or garima ~~....
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Padarthadharmasamgraha and Nyayakandali [by Ganganatha Jha]
sneho pam visheshagunah | samgrahamrijadihetuh | asyapi gurutvavan nityanityatvanishpattayah || 131 || Text (131):—Viscidity is the specific quality of water; it is the cause of cohesion and smoothness. The eternality and evanescence of this also would be in the same manner as those of Gravity. —(II-i-2). Commentary: The Nyayakandali of Shridhara....
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