[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) › 51\_104 # Rasadhyaya 51\_104 English (machine translation) 51\_104 - **Language:** English ### [51\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.51_104) 64 palas of mercury swooned and revived, 16 palas of finest copper powder, and in a thirty-second part salt, that is, 9 palas—such is the meaning. .. 1.47-51:1 .. Uniting all of them and grinding them thoroughly with lime juice, a paste resembling an ointment should be made. .. 1.47-51:2 .. This is the traditional precept here: .. 1.47-51:3 .. In proportion to the measure of mercury, copper powder is in a fourth part, and salt in a thirty-second part. .. 1.47-51:4 .. And the lime juice should be added in such a way that all the medicinal substance is immersed. .. 1.47-51:5 .. An excess causes no defect, but a deficiency does cause defect. .. 1.47-51:6 .. As it dries and dries, \[more\] should be added again. .. 1.47-51:7 .. And the grinding \[continues\] as long as needed until there is a paste resembling an ointment. .. 1.47-51:8 .. - [Previous: 51\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.51_103) - [Next: 52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.52) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.51_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.dhatuvada.rasadhyaya~en-mt.51_104) · Pramāṇa