[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) › 12.20 # Rasendracudamani 12.20 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 12.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.20) {vajra:: subtypes:: gender} vajraṃ ca trividhaṃ proktaṃ naro nārī napuṃsakam / pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ mahāśreṣṭhaṃ rasavīryavipākataḥ // > Diamond is spoken of as threefold: male, female, and neuter. > Each preceding one is vastly superior in taste, potency, and post-digestive effect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.19) - [Next: 12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.21) - [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.12.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.4.30) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit - [Rasendrapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendrapurana.46.50) — Rāmaprasāda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.20) · Pramāṇa