[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) › 12.15 # Rasendracudamani 12.15 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 12.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.15) {emerald:: parīkṣā:: bad quality} kapiśaṃ karkaśaṃ nīlaṃ pāṇḍu kṛṣṇaṃ salāghavam / cipiṭaṃ vikaṭaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ rūkṣaṃ tārkṣyaṃ na śasyate // > Brownish, rough, bluish, pale, black, possessing lightness, > flat, deformed, dark, and dry: such an emerald is not praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.14) - [Next: 12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.16) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani~en-mt.12.15) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.4.25) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.15) · Pramāṇa