[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) › 155\_164 # Rasadhyaya 155\_164 English (machine translation) 155\_164 - **Language:** English ### [155\_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.155_164) And for the production of gold, purified sulphur is indeed to be calcined-and-digested. / Just as the calcination-digestion of iron-lustre amalgam \[is performed\], so also the calcination-digestion of gold amalgam is to be understood, / \[namely\] eight times \[the weight of\] mercury; and the rest is clear. / Thus ends the fourth \[process\], the calcination-digestion of gold amalgam for mercury that has digested iron-lustre amalgam. - [Previous: 155\_163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.155_163) - [Next: 156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.156) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.155_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.155_164) · Pramāṇa