[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) › 214\_241 # Rasadhyaya 214\_241 English (machine translation) 214\_241 - **Language:** English ### [214\_241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.214_241) Here, when the transmutation speed-enhancement process has been performed, however many gadyāṇas of red-ṣoṭa there are, twice that amount of pure realgar gadyāṇas, made into the form of an extremely fine powder, half the powder having been placed in the middle of a large glass bottle, then the red-ṣoṭa having been introduced, and above, the remainder of the realgar powder having been placed below; having placed the powder below in the middle of the bottle, then the red-ṣoṭa having been introduced, and above, having smeared the remainder of the realgar powder below; having placed a plug of mica at the mouth of the bottle, and having applied cloth-clay around that bottle seven times, the bottle having been placed in the middle of a pit dug to human measure filled with wild cow-dung cakes, a violent fire is to be kindled. 1.209-214:1 And if, when kindled, it becomes cool on its own, then that mercury is to be taken from the middle of the bottle. 1.209-214:2 This is called killing. 1.209-214:3 Here is the traditional instruction: 1.209-214:4 Having placed cow-dung cakes up to half the pit, the bottle is placed on top; then at the sides and equally on top, the pit is filled with cow-dung cakes. 1.209-214:5 Thus ends the fourteenth refinement process, killing, of speed-enhanced mercury. 1.209-214:6 - [Previous: 214\_240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.214_240) - [Next: 215](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.215) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.214_241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.214_241) · Pramāṇa