Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c40.s4.6

v2.c40.s4.6

Pāṇini mentioned that the word kṣariti means to flow, break away, glide or to distil (7.2.34). The basic idea was the transport of one component or its migration from another. (Akṣara meant the opposite of removal, i.e., that which is indestructible). Pāṇini categorically mentioned kṣara to mean distillation and kṣaraja to mean a substance produced by distillation (Pāṇ. 6.3.16).