Witnessed by: Ayurveda

Buffalo horn (Bubalus bubalis), of the Bovidae (Mammalia) family. The domestic water buffalo — a heavy black ruminant of the Bovidae with broad, back-swept horns; native range: the domestic water buffalo, kept across India and southern Asia. Globally recognized as māhiṣa śṛṅga in Sanskrit, and water-buffalo horn in English. The part used is the horn — ground to paste and dried, then powdered. A dense, dark grey-black keratinous horn, heavier and darker than cattle horn, near odourless cold and acrid when heated; the powder grey, gritty, tasteless.

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