Gorochana

Gorochana or gorocana (transliterated from Sanskrit:Â à€—à„‹à€°à„‹à€šà€šÂ “cattle-light”; also Standard Tibetan: (?) gi-wang) refers to a stone or ‘bezoar‘ found in cattle (Sanskrit:Â à€—à„‹Â go), such as the bull, cow, ox, and yak. Its presence in the animal is reputedly indicated by the snoring or other nocturnal sounds made by the animal in its sleep.

  • The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols, Serindia Publications, Inc., 2003, Page 20

Its equivalent in Sinitic culture is calculus bovis. The vernacular Hindi and Bengali names are the same as the Sanskrit.

Vedic legend

Legend has it that Indra once cast the five precious minerals: gold, silver, coral, pearl, and either sapphire or turquoise, into the great ocean. These were eventually consumed by various animals, which then formed bezoars within their bodies. They have different colors and potencies based on the animal they originate from.

Medicinal properties

Reputedly, Gorochana acts as an antidote to poisons, promotes clear thoughts, and alleviates fevers and contagious diseases. The superior, mediocre, and inferior forms of these stones are reputed to respectively cure seven, five, or three patients who have been poisoned. In medieval European medical traditions bezoars were highly esteemed as an antidote to poisoning. ‘Oriental bezoars’ obtained from the East were particularly prized ones. In India, A drop of Gorochana will be given along with mothers milk every particular day of the baby’s birth. It will help to tremendously enhance voice clarity for babies.

Source and other properties

Gorochana of the finest quality is supposedly obtained from the brain or forehead of an elephant, and the second best quality is obtained from the stomach of a cow. Resembling the yellow yolk of a boiled egg, the yellow pigment obtained from a Gorochana is used as a tonic, sedative or tilaka to the forehead.

References

Look up à€—à„‹ or à€°à„‹à€šà€š in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

  1. The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols, Serindia Publications, Inc., 2003, Page 20

Category

Related Posts

đŸ”„ Salt Snatchers and The Cosmic Stick-Up of Your Soul’s Swagger (with receipts)

There was a time when to steal a man’s salt was to steal the brightness from his bones. Salt theft or sabotage was an act of war and a crime punishable by death among other things.

🐄📜 The Culling Threshold: Rapeseed Meal, Livestock Illness, Birth of Canola

đŸ”„ 1940s–1950s: Rapeseed Meal Emerges as Feed đŸ§Ș 1950s–1960s: Illness Intensifies, Culling Begins đŸŒ± 1960s–1970s: LEAR Breeding Begins Culling has actually dramatically increased over the past century, and especially in…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

The Words

đŸ”„ Salt Snatchers and The Cosmic Stick-Up of Your Soul’s Swagger (with receipts)

đŸ”„ Salt Snatchers and The Cosmic Stick-Up of Your Soul’s Swagger (with receipts)

⚡⚡Voltage Famine: Sodium, SCN⁻, and the Biochemical Coup

⚡⚡Voltage Famine: Sodium, SCN⁻, and the Biochemical Coup

🧂 Sodium & SCN⁻: The Stratified Terrain of School Meals

🧂 Sodium & SCN⁻: The Stratified Terrain of School Meals

đŸ‘ïž Sodium & SCN⁻ as Ocular Guardians

đŸ‘ïž Sodium & SCN⁻ as Ocular Guardians

🧬 How PTH and Vitamin D Pills Mask Sodium Deficiency

🧬 How PTH and Vitamin D Pills Mask Sodium Deficiency

🧂 Salt-Linked Town Suffixes (and stuff)

🧂 Salt-Linked Town Suffixes (and stuff)