Mercury (Padha Rasam) (or) Paara (or) Rasam

Description

Sans- Parada; Rasa, Eng- Mercury; Quicksilver, Fr- Mercure, Ger- Merkur, Arab- Abuk; Zibakh, Pers- Simab; Zeebaq, Hind, Ben, Duk & Mah- Para, Guj- Paro, Mal- Rassam, Tel- Padarasam, Tam, Kon, & Can- Padrasa, Sinh- Rasadiya. Para means that which protects mankind from all sorts of diseases.

Uses: Used to make Proprietary medicines with combination of other ingredients, also used in temples and in Goldsmith works.

• Hindi: पारा (Pāṛā)
• Bengali: পারদ (Pārd)
• Marathi: पारा (Pārā) (similar to Hindi)
• Gujarati: મર્ક્યુરી (Markyurī) or पारा (Pārā)
• Tamil: பாதரசம் (Pātaracam)
• Telugu: பாதరసం (Pātarasam) orртуటం (Rutuṭaṁ)
• Malayalam: രസം (Rasam) (element)
• Kannada: ರಸ (Rasa) or ಪಾದರಸ (Pādarasa)
• Punjabi: ਪਾਰਾ (Pārā)
• Konkani: मर्क्युरि (Morkuriyo)
• Odia: পারদ (Pārad or Pārā)