[INDOLOGY] glass in ancient India

[Dagmar Wujastyk]

Hi Ken,
Well, Śārngadharasaṃhitā 2.12.31 and  2, 12, 241 mention a "kācakūpī", so I
think in that case it probably is a glass bottle. That is, a glass bottle
covered in cloth soaked in mud. 2,12, 241 also mentions a "kācabhāṇḍa",
which might not mean a bottle. In other cases, in which a kūpī is
mentioned, it is not clear whether it might not be a clay vessel.
Certainly, the way these procedures are done today involve glass bottles.
See for example, here
<https://openi.nlm.nih.gov/detailedresult.php?img=PMC4213972_AYU-35-63-g011&req=4>
.
Best, Dagmar

On 7 July 2016 at 10:18, Kenneth Gregory Zysk <zysk at hum.ku.dk> wrote:

> Hi Dagmar,
>
>
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> Interesting query. How do you know that the word kūpī refers to a glass
> bottle, as opposed to some other vessel, since much of alchemical
> procedures used clay vessels?
>
>
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> Best,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> *From:* INDOLOGY [mailto:indology-bounces at list.indology.info] *On Behalf
> Of *Dagmar Wujastyk
> *Sent:* 7. juli 2016 10:03
> *To:* indology
> *Subject:* [INDOLOGY] glass in ancient India
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>
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> Dear all,
>
> Can anyone point me to publications on the making and use of glassware in
> ancient India? I am particularly interested in bottles (kūpī), as these
> appear relatively late in medical literature in the context of alchemical
> procedures.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Dagmar
>
> Dr Dagmar Wujastyk
>
> University of Vienna
>
> Institute for South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
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> 1090 Vienna
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> Austria
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> http://ayuryog.org
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