[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) › 12.38 # Rasendracudamani 12.38 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 12.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.38) {vajra:: māraṇa} nīlajyotirlatākande ghṛṣṭaṃ gharme viśoṣitam / vajraṃ bhasmatvamāyāti karmavajjñānavahninā // > Rubbed on the tuber of the nīlajyotis creeper and dried in the sun, > diamond goes to ash, just as karma does by the fire of wisdom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.37) - [Next: 12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.39) - [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.12.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.4.47) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit - [Rasendrapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendrapurana.46.114) — Rāmaprasāda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.38) · Pramāṇa