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# Rasasanketakalika 2.36

Rasasaṅketakalikā 2.36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasasanketakalika.2.36)

\<kānta:: parīkṣā\>  
pātre yasminprasarati jale tailabindurna lipto hiṅgurgandhaṃ visṛjati nijaṃ tiktatāṃ nimbakalkaḥ /  
pāke dugdhaṃ bhavati śikharākāratāṃ naiti bhūmau kāntaṃ lohaṃ tadidamuditaṃ lakṣaṇairnaiva cānyat //

> In a vessel containing water in which a drop of oil does not spread; asafetida smeared \[on it\] sheds its scent; neem paste sheds its bitterness; / when boiled, milk forms a peak-like shape and does not run onto the ground—that is proclaimed kānta iron by its characteristics, and nothing else.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasasanketakalika~en-mt.2.36) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ānandakanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.5.66) — Sanskrit

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