[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Alchemy and Iatrochemistry](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa) › [Metallurgical alchemy and transmutation into gold](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada) › Dhatuvadaprakarana # Dhatuvadaprakarana (Dhātuvādaprakaraṇa) धातुवादप्रकरण Twenty-five verses giving an account of the transmutation of copper into gold; appendix to Ratnaparīkṣā. - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 1300–1399 CE - **Author:** [Somanātha](https://indike.org/pramana/person/somanatha-kavi) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.dhatuvadaprakarana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.dhatuvadaprakarana) · Pramāṇa