Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c40.s4.2

v2.c40.s4.2

Drava (Pāṇ., 3.3.27) meant melting or something which can be melted. Few more words were also used to denote melting: pralaya (melting, losing shape, dissolution — Pāṇ., 7.3.2), vipātana (melting of loha or copper, sneha or fat — Pāṇ., 7.3.39), etc. Sru meant (for liquid) to flow or gush out (Pāṇ., 7.2.13) and the derivative sruva (6.3.115) an object like a ladle, from which liquid gushes out.