Vida Lavana
Other names : Bida Lavana, Vdgandha
This is an artificially prepared salt with a slight alkalinity to its taste. There is controversy about the identity of this salt. A 20th century text, Rasa Tarangini, indicates that it is made by incinerating the mixture of Romaka Lavana (see below) and powder of amalaki in a closed chamber in an intense heat for six hours. On the other hand, the texts Rasendra Chudmani and Ayurveda Prakasha suggest that vida lavana is made by burning the wood of karira (Capparis decidua) and peelu (Salvadora persica). it seems that in ancient times it was also made from burning either mud or the dung of domestic animals, although in other places it may have been made from the residue from brick kilns. Whatever the method of manufacture, the end product is mostly sodium chloride.
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