Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c49.152

v2.c49.152

*Mūrti* : any solid body or material form. (3.3.77) It means hardness, solidity, loss of fluidity (ghan), as in the case of curd, solidified metal etc. 3.3.77 : *mūrttau ghanaḥ, (hanaḥ, ap)* *Abhra-Ghana* means cloud. *Dadhi-Ghana* (6.1.24) explains *Drava-Murti*, i.e., hardening or coagulation of a fluid as in butter, grease, molten metal etc. as understood by coldness through touch or coagulation. (*śīna*) द्रवमूर्त्तौ द्रवकाठिन्ये स्पर्शे वर्तमानस्यश्रेङ्गतौ इत्यस्य धातोः निष्ठायां परतः संप्रसारणं भवति। (शीन) *dravamūrttau dravakāṭhinye sparśe vartamānasyasryeṅgatau ityasya dhātoḥ niṣṭhāyām parataḥ samprasāraṇam bhavati (śīna)* *sīnam ghṛtam, śīnā vasā* (means coagulation) *sīta* refers to coldness.