[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 27.4 # The Institutes of Akbar 27.4 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 27.4 - **Language:** English ### [27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27.4) Although quicksilver and sulphur are the only component parts of “the seven bodies,” there arise various forms from a difference in purity, or from peculiar circumstances of the mixture, or from a variety of the action of the component parts on each other. Thus silver will result, when neither of the two components mixes with earthy particles, when they are pure and become perfectly united, and when the sulphur is white, and less than the quicksilver. Or, when both are in equal proportions and the sulphur, red, and capable of colouring, gold will originate. Again, under similar circumstances, if both contract after the mixture, but before a complete union has been effected, khárchíní will be produced. This body is also called Áhanchíní, and seems really to be raw gold; some say, it is a kind of copper. Again, if only the sulphur be impure, and the quicksilver the larger component, with an additional power of burning, copper will result. And if the mixture be not thorough, and the quicksilver larger, tin will be produced; some say that purity of the components is essential. If both compounds be of an inferior kind, closely mixed, and if the earthy particles of the quicksilver have a tendency of separating, and the power of burning be inherent in the sulphur, iron will result. And if under similar conditions the intermixture be not perfect, and the quicksilver quantitatively larger, lead will come into existence. These seven metals are called the seven bodies; - [Previous: 27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27.3) - [Next: 27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27.5) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27.4) · Pramāṇa