[INDOLOGY] Mercury and quicksilver

[Artur Karp]

Dear Arlo,

Have you consulted *A Concise History of Science in India * (Bose, Sen,
Subbarayappa, eds, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi 1971 pp.
318-324 ?

Artur Karp

PS. Just in case - I have a pdf of this work,


2016-09-12 15:08 GMT+02:00 Arlo Griffiths <arlogriffiths at hotmail.com>:

> Dear colleagues,
>
>
> Does 'quicksilver/mercury' (the liquid metal) ever get called 'Mercury'
> (the planet) in Sanskrit, or is this homonymy only a feature of European
> languages?
>
>
> I ask because I am wondering whether baudha can mean 'related to
> quicksilver' and be a designation of mercury gilding. Apropos, does anyone
> known technical designations of mercury gilding in Sanskrit?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Arlo Griffiths
>
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