अष्टबन्ध

{ aṣṭabandha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

AṢṬABANDHA   A kind of plaster used for fixing idols in temples. The following eight things are mixed and ground consecutively for fortyone days and made ready to be put in the cavity around the idol when it is fixed there finally,
(1) conch-powder
(2) powdered myrobalam
(3) resin
(4) Kolipparal (a kind of rock)
(5) river sand
(6) powder of emblic myrobalam
(7) lac and
(8) cotton.