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Gandhak Druti
Gandhak Druti
Reference :-
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ganQakM SlaxNacauiNa-tma\ È
Arilamaa~ooo vas~o tiWkIya-
ivavaoYTya tt\ ÈÈ
sau~oNa vaoYTiya%vaa|ya
yaamaM tOlao inamajjayaot\
È
QaR%vaa saMdMSatao vait-
maQya p`jvaalayaocca tma\
ÈÈ
d`utao inapittao ganQaao
ibanduSa: kacaBaajanao È
taM d`uitM Pa`ixaPaot\ Pa~o
naagavallyaais~ibandukma\
ÈÈ
vallaona p`imatM svacCM
sautond`M ca ivamad-yaot\ È
ADMgaulyaa|ya sap~aM taM
d`uitM sautM ca Baxayaot\ ÈÈ
kraoit dIpnaM tIva`M xayaM
PaaNDu ca naaSayaot\ È
kasaM SvaasaM ca Saulaait-
ga`hNaImaitduQa-rama\ ÈÈ
AamaM ivanaaSaya%yaaSau
laGau%vaM p`kraoit ca ÈÈ
r.r.sa.5À27–
31´
EQUIPMENT
a) KHALVA YANTRA
b) PALIKA YANTRA
c) COTTON CLOTH
d) SADANSHA YANTRA
e) THREAD
f) VESSEL
Ingredients :-
1) Gandhak – 500gms
2) Trikatu – 100gms
(Pippali – 33gm, Shunthi – 33, Maricha – 33)
3) Tila-taila – 800ml
4) Milk – As required
Method of Preparation :-
a) Gandhak Shodhan
b) Preparation of Varti
c)Ignition of Varti
a) Gandhak Shodhan :-
1) Take palika yantra, make it ghrita lipta
2) Take gandhak in it; heat it till the gandhak melts
3) Immediately filter it through the cloth beneath which it
is poured into milk in the vessel & get solidified immediately
4) Remove the gandhak from the milk wash it with
lukewarm water
5) Dry it & weigh it
6) Repeat this procedure for 7 times
b) Preparation of Varti :-
1) Take shodhit gandhaka & triturate it in the Khalva-
yantra
2) Take trikatu make churna of it
3) Take cotton cloth (vastra) if 25*25cm (L*B)
4) Gandhaka & Trikatu were taken in one vessel & mixed
properly
5) The churna gandhaka & trikatu is spread on the cloth
equally & varti is made it
6) 16 vartis were made, in each varti 30gms of the mixture
was taken & it was tied properly
7) Over night immersion of varti in tila-taila
c) Ignition of Varti :-
1) On the next day, varti was ignited by holding its two
ends with the help of
Sadamsha yantra, so that, its middle portion come down
to form its U-shaped structure.
2) Ignition was started from the bottom of the U
3) Druti was collected in the vessel kept below
Observation :-
a) Gandhak before shodhan-Yellow crystalline form,
transparent
b) Gandhak after shodhan-Yellowish amorphous,
opaque
c) Colour of mixture :-
Gandhak + Trikatu = Greyish yellow
d) Varti before ignition :-
Wet with tila-taila it snigdha; when pressed
taila was oozing out through it
e) Varti during ignition :-
When varti was ignited; saffocating gas was
released from it & taila of black colour was
dripping drop by drop
f) Varti after ignition :-
Become brittle, dark black colour; light in
weight & was not igniting easily
g) Varti before immersion :-
Dry & less in weight; tied with thread
h) Varti before immersion :-
Become heavy as it absorbs oil
Observation of Druti :-
1) It is black in colour snigdha, emitting obnoxious
smell
Precautions :-
1) Wash & clean all the apparatus as well as hands
properly
2) Take new milk each time during Shodhan
3) Wear mask during ignition prouss, as sulphur on
oxidation becomes sulphurdioxide which is poisonous gas
4) Discard initial few drops after ignition; as it may be tila-
taila
5) Collect the druti in clean vessel
PHOTO
GANDHAK
MARICHA
TILA TAILA
SUNTHI PIPPALI
VARTI
COLLECTION OF
DRUTI
Indication :-
1. Pandu
2. Kasa
3. Shwasa
4. Shula
5. Grahani
6. Aamavaat
7. kushta
Cost :-
Ingredient cost
Quantity
1) Gandhak 50 Rs 500 gm
2) Pippali 15 Rs 33 gm
3) Shunthi 5 Rs 33 gm
4) Maricha 10 Rs 33
gm
5) Cloth 50 Rs 2
meter
6) Thread 5 Rs 1 roll
NIRUKTI OF RASA
In Rasashastra rasa refers to Mercury. But rasa has
many meanings such as shadrasas,navarasas,water,
liquid, suvarna, visha, amruta, harsha, rasa dahtu,
rasna, patha, shallaki,etc.
Rasashastra in Vedas :
In Vedas rasa is taken as semen of lord shiva.
Knowledge Rasashastra supposed to originates from
lord shiva. Vedas consider Rupa, Agni, Varuna, Indra,
Maruta etc as Bhishak. Lord Shiva is considered as first
bhishak.
Accelerates
upward movement
of
udan
Friction between
udana and
Prana
Reversed
movement of prana
Also, prana
entering into chest
larynx gets
provocated
Exhaled from
mouth along with
dosha
s
sound produced
while exhaling
prana
kasa
ADRAKA / SUNTHI
LATIN NAME :- Zingiber officinale.
FAMILY :- Scitaminae.
SYNONYMS :- Nagar, Sringavera, Yishva, Bheshaja,
Katubhadra.
CLASSIFICATION :- Charka- Triptighna, Arshoghna,
Dipaniya, Shoolaorashaman,
Trishnanigrahana.
SUSHRUTA :- Pippaluadi, Trikatu.
VAGBHATA :- Pippaluadi.
PART USED :- Rhizome.
PROPERTIES :- Rasa :- Katu.
Virya :- Ushna.
Vipak :- Madhur.
Guna :- Gwul, Ruksha, Tikshna.
Karma :- Vata-Kaphahar, Dipan, Bhedana.
MARICHA
LATIN NAME :- Piper Nigrum.
FAMILY :- Piperaceae.
SYNONYMS :- Ushana, Krushna, Dhanvantari, Vellaja,
Shakanga.
CLASSIFICATION :- Chark:- Dipaniya, Shoolaprashaman,
Krimighna,
Shirovirechanopag.
SUSHRUTA :- Pippalyadi, Trikatu.
VAGBHATA :- Pippalyadi.
PART USED :- Fruit.
PROPERTIES :- Rasa :- Katu
Virya :- Ushna
Vipak :- Katu
Guna :- Laghu, Tikshna.
Karma :- Kapha-vatahar, Avrushya, Dipan, Pramathi
INDICATIONS :- Pinasa, Kasa, Pravahika, Hrudroga, Krimi,
Swasa, Shoola.
PIPPALI