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# the group of eight metals, the combination of which is considered auspicious and used for constructing divine images and ritual implements for [[worship]], namely: svarna (gold), raupya (silver), tāmra (copper), pittala (bronze), kāńsya (brass); trapu (zinc), sīsaka (lead) and lauha (iron). | # the group of eight metals, the combination of which is considered auspicious and used for constructing divine images and ritual implements for [[worship]], namely: svarna (gold), raupya (silver), tāmra (copper), pittala (bronze), kāńsya (brass); trapu (zinc), sīsaka (lead) and lauha (iron). | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:11, 27 March 2011
By Jit Majumdar
Sometimes transliterated as: Asţadhatu, AsţadhAtu, Ashţadhaatu
- the eight metals
- the group of eight metals, the combination of which is considered auspicious and used for constructing divine images and ritual implements for worship, namely: svarna (gold), raupya (silver), tāmra (copper), pittala (bronze), kāńsya (brass); trapu (zinc), sīsaka (lead) and lauha (iron).