[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Minerals and Metals in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996) › v2.c49.152 # Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c49.152 Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c49.152 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c49.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.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. - [Previous: v2.c49.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c49.151) - [Next: v2.c49.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c49.153) - [Up: v2.c49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c49) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.3.3.77) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c49.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c49.152) · Pramāṇa