[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) › 166\_178 # Rasadhyaya 166\_178 English (machine translation) 166\_178 - **Language:** English ### [166\_178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.166_178) Having moistened gold leaves with sour gruel, having powdered together equal parts of salt and dry lagadaka from washermen's discarded tūrī, a potsherd is strewn with powder, upon that a leaf, again powder, again a leaf; in this manner, having placed the leaves one above the other, having placed another potsherd on top, and having covered it completely on the sides with the powder, as many cow-dung cakes as cover the potsherd-casing are piled up, fire is applied, and it is left alone if, once ignited, it continues on its own. - [Previous: 166\_177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.166_177) - [Next: 166\_179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.166_179) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.166_178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.166_178) · Pramāṇa