rasayana
रसायन rasāyanaThe 'path of rasa (essence/mercury)' - in Ayurveda, the branch devoted to rejuvenation, longevity and vitality; in the tantric-alchemical world, the science of transmuting body and metal alike toward a deathless state. One of the eight classical divisions of Ayurveda.
Where this term appears
- Tantric Alchemy: The Quest for the Immortal Body Lineages
By the time of the classical medical compendia, the Charaka Samhita devotes the opening of its therapeutics to rasayana , rejuvenation therapy, counted as one of the eight branches of Ayurveda.
- What is Ayurveda? Essentials
Ayurveda, literally 'the knowledge of life', is India's classical system of medicine, set out in three great Sanskrit compendia: the Charaka Samhita, the Sushruta…
- The Nāth Sampradaya Lineages
Alchemy, rasāyana , the science of mercury, sought to perfect and immortalise base metal by fixing quicksilver.
- What is the Hanuman Chalisa? Worship
rama rasayana tumhare pasa, sada raho raghupati ke dasa — You hold the elixir of Rama; may you remain forever the servant of the Lord of the Raghus.