[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) › 12.18 # Rasendracudamani 12.18 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 12.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.18) {puṣparāga:: parīkṣā:: bad quality} niṣprabhaṃ karkaśaṃ rūkṣaṃ pītaṃ śyāmaṃ natonnatam / kapilaṃ kapiśaṃ pāṇḍu puṣparāgaṃ parityajet // > Lustreless, rough, dry, yellow, dark, uneven, > tawny, brown, or pale yellow topaz should be discarded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.17) - [Next: 12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.19) - [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.12.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.4.28) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.18) · Pramāṇa