"   !

 

Rasa Shastra The Art of Vedic Alchemy Vol.1   


 
    
   
     
 
      

       
 ! 
      
    
     

 

|
 
 

|
 
 

  | 

1. Introduction & Getting Started

2. Foreword by Dr. Partap Chauhan
3. Parada
4. Maha Rasa
5. Uparasa
6. Sadharana Rasa
7. Dhatu
8. Ratna
9. Uparatna
10. Miscellaneous Rasa
11. Sharaava, Kupi, Gorvara & Puta
12. Additional Information & Credits

|
 
 

 ##

|lick titles to advance to relevant section

|lick here for Rasa Shastra Terminology / Glossary

|
 
 



$$ 
$
 !!
 

 

$%
  
  


&    

 %  
$ 
 



|
 
 



$$ 
$  
 

 

 

|
 
 



 
$ 
 
 '(|!
  

|
 
 



#")!*
$ 
+, 
' 

|
 
 



-$
 
$
. 
  

&
   !


|
 
 



"
$
 
! !
!
 
%

|
 
 



/"
$
 
$, 

/"
! 
 
 

|
 
 



0$
 
$ 0 
   

&   

|
 
 



/$
$
 
&
"!
/$

1 %

 
  

|
 
 



$
 
+ ! 


!  
  

|
 
 



$
 
+"""
 
" 

2


 
|
3

4""

 


 %!
 !"

|
 
 



$$
 
+
! 
 !

"

|
 
 



-"
$
 
+.  
  


5
  
  " 



+ 

! 
  
  
"""

&     

   
""

 

 $
2
63

|
 
 



"
$
 
  
*


/
 *  

!
 

   

 
! 
!

|
 
 



1 $
 
 


 
!

% ,(|

1 
 !



|
 
 



$$
 
 

 
 

| $ 


 


 

$   

 

   !
 



 

  


  

|
 
 

 

|

"
0
 
|  
 
/ 
1  
|
7+8 +
 7
# !
 
| 
7

    


|
 
 

    ! 

Rasa Shastra The Art of Vedic Alchemy Vol.2  

    

   
        
 

    
  
 ! 
     " 

|
 
 

|
 
 

  | 

1. Introduction & Getting Started

2. Foreword by Dr. Partap Chauhan
3. Parada Extraction from Hingula (Cinnabar)
4. Gandhaka (Sulphur)
5. Godanthi Haritala (Gypsum)
6. Rajavarta (Lapis Lazuli)
7. Pirojaka (Turquoise)
8. Mukta & Sukti (Pearls & Mother of Pearl)
9. Kapardika (Cowrie Shells)
10. Naga Pashana (Serpentine)
11. Rasa Maanikya (Orpiment)
12. Extras & Credits

|
 
 

 ##

|lick titles to advance to relevant section

|lick here for Rasa Shastra Terminology / Glossary

|
 
 



$%& 
'( )
  
 

|
 
 



*
$ 
+
( 
!
* 
!

|
 
 



* ,
$ 
* ,
 


|
 
 



- 
$ 
$-   



.)

 

|
 
 



#$ 
/
  



! 

"! 

0  


 
 
 
 

|
 
 



/

$ 
Ängredients

(/

| !
'1#2
* #

( /

)!!!


  

 





/
  

!
3 !
    


|
 
 



$
$ 
$



   



"


|
 
 



#
$ 
+!
 
# 


 ! !

!
 !  
 


|
 
 



#$
$ 
4
&  #
$ 
  
 

 !
    



)
 
 

 

 
 5



  


 #$
" 
   
  



ë In 1996 gamma ray spectrometry

(India) confirmed the presence of
copper in peacock feathers, it also
found high amounts of mercury
and trace elements of manganese,
iron and zinc.

|
 
 



%/6
$
 
  
 !!  
  


7 !

  

/!  !

  

   !
   


|
 
 



#
$ 
Ängredients

(#
8, 
(1.*
2
* #

| ( #)

!!





 7 !8

|
 
 



$
$
 


!

|
 
 

 -   . 

Rasa Shastra The Art of Vedic Alchemy Vol.2   

         
             
   
 
  
 
! " #  $   % | ! &# '
()*      + , + 

|
 
 

|
 
 

 **

|lick titles to advance to relevant section

|lick here for Bibliography & Recommended Reading

|lick here for Rasa Shastra Terminology / Glossary

|
 
 

(


+
 
- 
  .

 

|
 
 

(

#
+
 
 .

 þ
 

 
 

/

 .

-0

" ..
 0



 

1
 $

! 
  .

.
" .

 



|
 
 

(

2
+
 
]ngredients

2
u 
 'u 
 
   
 
3 *-
3

|aution!
All parts are highly
poisonous and many
deaths have been caused
by the ingestion of leaves,
flowers, bark and roots.

   

 2
  -

+
  2
.  "
# 4   
$   

|
 
 

(

35+
 
 35 .


|
 
 

(

6

+
 
6

  

! 

-
-.


|
 
 

(

,-
+
 
7",-.
1- 
.   

/ 
 




 $ 
   -
 

   

8-,-
$ 


"
  
. . 
   


|
 
 

(

3 '+
+
 
7
   
 
 

  
%
9
3 -
 

|
 
 

(

3 '+
+
 
3 -
.

/- . "

 
 .  

,-.-

.:-
-

|
 
 

(

3 '+
+
 
7 
$
. .
  
; 

 
$

|
 
 

 (

*(


()*() * 
 /

|
 
 

 Thank you for downloading this file

Rasa Shastra The Art of Vedic Alchemy Vol.4 This latest

edition presents an in-depth look at Pyrite processing, the use
of Sudha Varga materials (Calcium Carbonate) including
limestone, chalk, molluscs, animal horns, egg shells, slaked
lime and fossilised sea urchins.
Also covered in this volume are Adrija (Shilajit) and Guggulu
resin (Commiphora mukul), Dhatu (metal) the production of
alloy ingots and the purification of Yasada (Zinc), along with
Kanta Pashana (Magnetic Iron Ore) and Hingula Bhasma
(Cinnabar ash).

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing
 Table of Contents
1. Introduction & Getting Started
2. Foreword by Dr. Claudia Welch
3. Anjana (Antimony & Galena)
4. Pyrites
5. Hingula & Kanta Pashana
6. Sudha Varga / Calcium Carbonates
7. Dhatu (Puti & Misra Loha)
8. Sheetal & Swetha Parpati Preparations
9. Adrija & Guggulu (Indian Myrrh & Bitumen)
10. Kampilla, Ramatha & Aristaka
11. Treatment of Netra Roga (Eye Disease)
12. Credits

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

 Main Menu

Click titles to advance to relevant section

Click here for Rasa Shastra Terminology / Glossary

Click here for Bibliography & Recommended Reading

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Anjana Preparation
Anjana cakrika after a third
puta.

After three puta only a few

isolated beads of antimony
are seen.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Kohl Preparation
Two samples of Kohl
brushed onto white paper.

The top sample had some

additional turquoise powder
added to it for effect.

Once applied to skin Kohl

quickly dries and forms a
durable eye makeup lasting
for many hours.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Swarna Maksika
Preparation
A close up image of Swarna
Maksika cakrika.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Sasyaka
Preparation
Sasyaka after third puta, and
although the contents have
expanded the material has a
greater degree of thermal
stability.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Kushta Sangraf
Preparation
Freshly squeezed lemon
juice is added to 150g of
purified Hingula.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Sudha Preparation

Sudha sample after

re-hydration, the material
naturally breaks down into
smaller pieces.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Badarasma
Preparation

After 24 hours remove

Badarasma and rinse in
clean water, they can then
be dried in sunlight.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Yasada
Preparation
As soon as Yasada is in a
liquid state it should be
retrieved from the furnace
and poured quickly into a
receptacle filled with a
quantity of raw milk.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Pittala Preparation

Pittala ingots being cast.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Sheetal Parpati
Preparation

Side on view of parpati

showing approximate width.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Guggulu
Preparation

Add Guggulu resin and work

into the ghee with a wooden
spatula.

Cook resin until the ghee is

absorbed, but do not allow
the resin to stick to the
bottom of the pan.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Aristaka
Preparation
Seal cakrika in sharaava
using clay and cloth method
and allow to dry.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Loha Preparation

The pyrometer results were

carefully logged and
transcribed to a line graph
illustrating the thermal
signature of these heating
blocks (see next slide).

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing

R a s a S h a s t r a

Netra Tarpana
Preparation

One last test is to roll a little

cotton into a wick and dip in
the ghee content of the pan.
Using a match attempt to
light this wick.

Copyright © 2012 Neterapublishing