STUDIES ON IDENTIFICATION OF VAIKRANTA USED IN AYURVEDA, V. N. SHARMA, R.S. SINGH, A. V. ULABHAJE, AND S. P. SEN Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005-U. P. India ABSTRACT: of the several of mineral used in Ayurvedic practice as Vaikranta, the most commonly used were procured from reputed Ayurvedic pharmacies all over India and those responding to physical characteristics of Vaikranta as mentioned in Ayurvedic texts were subjects to physical, chemical and spectral analysis X-ray diffraction study of Schorlite was undertaken to conform mineral constituents of the materials. Ancient Science of Life, Vol. V No.2, October 1981, Pages 146-154

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Academy of Ayurveda, Hanumanpet, Vijayawada 520 003- Andra Pradesh India The Academy of Ayurveda, reports a spot test calls "NAMBURI PHASED SPOT TEST" the utility of which has been fully explored as a general one, to identify Ayurvedic and Siddha Bhasmas and Sinduras. Ancient Science of Life Vol. 1 No.3, April 1982, Page 177

CONCEPT OF AYURVEDIC SODHANA METHOD AND ITS EFFECTS WITH REFERENCE TO SULPHER DAMODAR JOSHI Department of Rasa-Shastra,Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005, India ABSTRACT: SODHANA, which literally means purification, is a procedure necessary for every drug before taking it for adding in any compound or subjecting it for further processes like Bhasmikarana (incineration) etc. Purified drug in the lines of modern science is different from that of Ayurveda as the former is cent percent the main drug only and latter may contain other particles also. Present paper gives the details of Sodhana along with such methods practically done on Sulphur. Ancient Science of Life, Vol. X No.4, April 1991. Pages 214-222