[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) › 16\_45 # Rasadhyaya 16\_45 English (machine translation) 16\_45 - **Language:** English ### [16\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.16_45) The triad of verses is clear. .. 1.14-16:1 .. Merely, 'and two each arise from tin and lead' .. 1.14-16:2 .. means two defects born of tin and two born of lead. .. 1.14-16:3 .. Kapālī and kālikā are the fourth and fifth .. 1.14-16:4 .. defects born of tin; śyāmakapālikā \[and kapālikā\] are the sixth and seventh, born of lead. He states the characteristics of these four: .. 1.14-16:5 .. When milk is boiled, whatever film forms on top, .. 1.14-16:6 .. such also in mercury is that born of tin; .. 1.14-16:7 .. and that born of lead, kapālikā, appears on top. .. 1.14-16:8 .. Śyāmā, the sixth defect, is five-coloured, and kālikā, the fifth defect, is black-coloured. .. 1.14-16:9 .. Now he states the five defects of mercury: .. 1.14-16:10 .. - [Previous: 16\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.16_44) - [Next: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.16_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.16_45) · Pramāṇa