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mixing of foreign materials like ash, cardamom etc into the water and shaking it well. The first method is a routine activity of Indian kitchens. A homogeneous and well rubbed watermixture is 100% non-living. Very small quantities of edible kitchen materials from grains and utensils go into the water and remain there as colloidal. As such this process is less violent to other living beings. This is called Dhovana or "wash-solution”. (Ref.: Åchãrãng, 2nd Shrutskandh, Adhyây 8" Uddeshak: 21 types of non-living water i.e. 20 types of Dhovana & 1 type of Boiled water. The last type of dhovana is termed thus :- "other type of dhovana like the wash-water of kitchen utensils, obtained after rubbing and cleaning them
with ash.)
Scientifically judged, the foreign particles, during washing operation, block the openings of the tubular-body, so that it can no more breathe. The oxygen radicals are converted back into molecules. Due to internal rubbing, the yonis are also broken apart. The quantity of foreign materials should be more than a critical quantity, otherwise it would not be able to block the yonis and water would remain livingmass, as is the case with homeopathic remedies. It takes relatively longer time before it again becomes living-being.
One more thing happens in both these methods. The mobile micro organisms in water also become life-less. In the first method, it gets killed at elevated temp of boiling. In the second method, they are rendered lifeless due to rubbing, fatal contact and alkalinity of foreign materials.
Thus we see that during the process of making water non-living, not only the water yoni and the dissolved air are affected but its micro organisms and bacteria are also affected.
Q.2: What is the chemistry of making Dhovana by adding foreign
materials? A 2: The role of foreign materials mixed in water can be further
analyzed.
There are two types of solids:
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