Mercury which is a very important element as it has lots of applications. It is most commonly used in thermometers. Mercury is the only metal which is in the liquid state in the room temperature. Moreover, Mercury does not get stick onto the walls of the container where it is kept. Most of the world's mercury is obtained from its main ore, cinnabar or vermillion with the chemical structure mercury sulphide (HgS).
Let us see our seers' approach on the extraction of mercury..................
Given below is a slokha from Rasaratnasamuchaya 7.67 and its translation.................
Sublimation is the process to remove the Naaga and Vanga-Doshas from paarada (Mercury). The mercury is ground with the specific drugs and subjected to paatana (sublimation) upwards, downwars (adhahpaatana) and oblique (Tiryakpaatana).
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