[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) › [Rasendracudamani](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani) › 11.4 # Rasendracudamani 11.4 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 11.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11.4) {sulfur:: red} raktaśca śukatuṇḍākhyo dhātuvādavidhau varaḥ / {sulfur:: black} durlabhaḥ kṛṣṇavarṇaśca sa jarāmṛtyunāśanaḥ // > And the red is called parrot's beak, excellent in the practice of alchemy; > And the black-coloured is rare, and it destroys old age and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11.3) - [Next: 11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11.5) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani~en-mt.11.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.3.18) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11.4) · Pramāṇa