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# Rasamanjari 5.24

Rasamañjarī 5.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.cikitsa.rasamanjari.5.24)

\<tāmra\>  
na viṣaṃ viṣamityāhustāmraṃ tu viṣamucyate /  
\<copper:: 8 doṣas\>  
eko doṣo viṣe tāmre tvaṣṭau doṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ //

> \<Copper\>  
> They say poison is not poison; rather, copper is called poison.  
> \<Copper: 8 impurities\>  
> There is one impurity in poison, but eight impurities are proclaimed in copper:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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