[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) › [Rasādhyāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt) › 13\_41 # Rasadhyaya 13\_41 English (machine translation) 13\_41 - **Language:** English ### [13\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.13_41) The twelve defects of mercury, that is, pārada; its purification, that is, stainlessness, by means of the remedies for those defects; then first I state the eighteen refinement processes such as distillation and transmutation speed-enhancement; then the result, consisting of the production of silver and the like, from the refined mercuries; then the origin of prepared gold amalgams and the like, and of calamine essence and the like; then, "I state the rejuvenation that accomplishes the body and accomplishes metals"—such are the words of the venerable Kaṅkālaya's disciple. Here he states in order the reply to what was promised. - [Previous: 13\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.13_40) - [Next: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.13_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.13_41) · Pramāṇa