silajitn.
/ˈsɪlədʒɪt/ A name given to various solid or viscous substances found on rock in India and Nepal (see quot. 1903), esp. a usually dark-brown odoriferous substance which is used in traditional Indian medicine and probably consists principally of dried animal urine.
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silajit1811
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silajit1811
1811–12 F. Buchanan Acct. Bihar & Patna (1936) II. iii. iii. 467 About three miles farther in the same direction..a very peculiar substance called silajit exudes.
1833 G. Playfair tr. Taleef Shereef 96 Sillajeet is the urine of the hill wild goat, which when the animal is rutting, is discharged on the stones and evaporated by the sun's heat.
1903 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 72 ii. 98 One of the most peculiar medicinal substances of the East is that called Silajit or Shilajatu. It is known by the former name in Hindi and Persian, and by the latter in Bengali and Sanskrit.
1964 New Statesman 3 Apr. 517/2 He was extolling the miraculous properties of his ointment, guaranteed to contain the purest silajit brought from Tibet.
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