Puratan Way Of Making Dhoof(Incense) By Baba Jagjit Singh Harkowale

[BhagatBalmik]

Waheguru

In the book "The Society of Saints (The Saadh Sangat) Param Sevak: Sant Baba Jagjit Singh Ji, Herkhowale"

Baba Ji on pages 88 and 89 tells how to make dhoof the puratan way:

Ingredients to making Dhoof

The following ingredients used for in the preparation of traditional dhoof (incense sticks),

Ingredient Amount

Kastoori 2 rati

Kesar (Saffron) 4 Mashe

Mushkapoor 3 mashe

Suche Moti 1 rati

Butter of cow's milk 3 shatank

Suger (unrefined) 2 shatank

Javiti,Desi Joon, InderJoon 1 tola

Shal Shalira, Kapoor-Kachari 1 tola each

Whitesandalwood, Red sandalwood 1 tola each

Barchar, Bhojpatar, Agartagar 1 tola each

Small cardamon, big cardamon 1 tola each

Dried coconut, fresh coconut, almonds 2 tola each

Raisins, special essense stick 2 tola each

Black anaseed, white anaseed, Nagar motha 2 tola each

Basmati rice 3 tola

Scent-Rose Brahmi (should be fragrant) 1 tola

Phool Dhava, Loh Bhan 1 tola each

Kachoor uch, cinamon 1 tola each

These should be mixed together with suger and butter to prepare the essense sticks. Where each day dhoof and jyot (holy light) are used while reciting Jaap continiously, many blessings are showered.

Waheguru

[samosasingh]

has anybody tried making it this way? How much is a rati, tola, shatank, mashe?

[simran345]

These are weights and measures used in old days by our bajurgs.

1 Tola =11.664 Grams (Old)

1 Tola =10 Grams (New)

182 Milligramms =1 Standard Ratti (Stones Ratti) 121 Milligramms =1 Sunari Ratti = (Kachhi Ratti)

1 Masha= 8 Ratti= 1 Gram=4.8 Carats 1 Ratti = 0.6 Carat

1 Chattank = 5 Tola

This may help,

http://www.indiacurry.com/Miscel/indiahistoricweightsmeasure.htm