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# Rasendracudamani 10.100

Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 10.100

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.10.100)

śilājaṃ kaphavātaghnaṃ tiktoṣṇaṃ kṣayaroganut /  
{śilājatu:: testing for purity}  
vahnau kṣiptaṃ bhavedyattu liṅgākāraṃ hyadhūmakam /  
salile'tha vilīnaṃ ca tacchuddhaṃ hi śilājatu //

> this rock bitumen destroys phlegm and wind, is bitter and hot, and removes wasting disease.  
> When cast upon fire it becomes phallus-shaped and truly smokeless,  
> and when dissolved in water, that indeed is pure rock bitumen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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- [Ānandakanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.1.212) — Sanskrit

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