kpad-

Introduction:
It is identified as marine shell , cowry or cowrie in English.
Cowrie is the common name for group of small to large snails, marine
gastropod in the family Cypraeidae.

Properties:
Identified as: Marine shell or cowrie
Chemical formula: CaCO3
Hardness: Brittle

Synonyms:
varaTkao varaTaEca varaTI ca varaiTka |
kpad-k: kpad-Eca kpaida- ca kpaid-ka ||
baalak`IDnakEcaaipa carao vaya-Ecaracar: |
varaTkM varaTM ca kpad-M ca inagaVtao ||
( R.T 12/82-83)
Types:
Acc to Rasatarangini
varaiTka i~aQaa pa`ao>a paItaa Evaotaa ca QaUsara |
paItaaottmaa maQyamaa tau Evaotaanyaa tvaQamaa mataa ||
(R.T 12/84)

paIta varaiTka is {ttama

Evaota varaiTka is maQyama
QaUsar varaiTka is AQama

Acc to R.R.S

paItaaBaa ga`inqaka paRYTo dIGa-vaRttaa varaiTka |

rsavaOVOiva-inaid-YTa saa saracar saMi&aka ||
saaQa-inaYkBara Ea`oYTa inaYkBaara ca maQyamaa |
paadaonainaYkBaara ca kinaYza pairkIita-taa ||
tadnyao tau varaTa: syauga-urva: SlaoYmaipattalaa: ||
(R.R.S 3/130-132
i) varaiTka
ii) varaTa

Depending upon weight varaiTka is divided into three types

saaQa-inaYk (1.5 SaaNa 6grams)- Ea`oYz
inaYk (1 SaaNa 4grams)- maQyama
paadaona inaYk (1/4 SaaNa 2grams) – kinaYz

ga`aHya svar}pa:

dIGa-vaRntaa svaNa-vaNaa- paRYzo ca ga`inqalaa taqaa |

saawO-kSaaNapa`imataa varaiT kiqataaottamaa ||
SaaNaaoinmataa maQyamaa syaacCaNaaw-pa`imataaQamaa |
rsa&aOr]ttamaOvaoh Basmakma-iNa Sasyatao ||
(R.T.12/85-86)
The kpad- which is dIGa-vaRnta ,with golden coloured posterior
aspect having small nodules is good variety of varaiTka. If the
varaiTka weigh 1.5 kYa-, they are {ttama, If they weigh only one
SaaNa , they are maQyama, In addition, if they weigh only half
SaaNa they are AQama in variety.

SaaoQana:

daolaayan~ao tau yaamaOkM kaiÉjakona varaiTka |

varaiT yaamama~aona ivaSauwyaita na saMSaya: ||
(R.T.12/87)
Kaparda are made into small pieces and are tied inti pottali. It is hung
in a dolayantra containing kanji as liquid media and ubjected for
swedana for one yama, Later the drug in the cloth is washed with
warm water, dried and stored as shuddha varaatikaa.
maarNa :
varaiTka ivaSaaoiQataa tvalaatakanalao isqataa |
yada Bavaottau fuillataa maRtaa tadaSanaaoicataa ||
( R.T. 12/94)

Properties and dosage:

{YNa gauNa

kmaa-

dIpanaI
vaRYyaa
raogaa

nao~a raoga
kNa-sa`ava
AginamaanV
{dr SaUla
ga`haNaI raoga

maa~aa:
2 ratti (250 grams)
Important preparations:
1. Kapardaka rasa
2. Lavangadi vati
3. Hemagabha pottali
4. Grahanikapata rasa
5. Pravaalapancamruta rasa