• Source: Ashtadhatu

Ashtadhatu (Sanskrit: अष्टधातु, romanized: Aṣṭadhātu, lit. 'eight metals'), also called octo-alloy, is an alloy comprising the eight metals of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, tin, iron, and mercury, often used for casting metallic idols for Jain and Hindu temples in India.
The composition is laid down in the Shilpa Shastras, a collection of ancient texts that describe arts, crafts, and their design rules, principles and standards. Ashtadhatu is used because it is considered sattivik (virtuous or pure) in Hinduism, and does not decay, and it is also restricted to the production of images for the deities Kubera, Vishnu, Krishna, Rama, Kartikeya, and the goddesses Durga and Lakshmi.

Its traditional composition, all eight metals are in equal proportion (12.5% each).




See also


Panchaloha – Term for traditional five-metal alloys used for Hindu artifacts
High-entropy alloys – Alloys with high proportions of several metalsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets




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