EE7.5 - Smell and Microvita

Smell and Microvita – Excerpt F

Published in:
Microvitum in a Nutshell [a compilation]

Notes:

from section on “Gandhápakarśaka”, Discourse 149
Shabda Cayaniká Part 19

official source: Microvitum in a Nutshell

this version: is the printed Microvitum in a Nutshell, 3rd edition, second impression, 2005 version (obvious spelling, punctuation and typographical mistakes only may have been corrected). I.e., this is the most up-to-date version as of the present Electronic Edition.

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Gandhápakarśaka.⁽¹⁾ Gandhápakarśaka means [a particular type of sweet-scented wood]. In ancient times, people would use this type of wood as a fuel in sacrificial fires to produce an aromatic smoke which would remove all odours, germs and diseases, and negative microvita.