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# Rasendracudamani 12.44

Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 12.44

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.44)

{sapphire:: subtpyes}  
jalanīlendranīlaṃ ca śakranīlaṃ tayorvaram /  
{jalanīla:: parīkṣā}  
śvaityagarbhitanīlābhaṃ laghu tajjalanīlakam /  
{indranīla:: parīkṣā}  
kārṣṇyagarbhitanīlābhaṃ sabhāraṃ śakranīlakam //

> Water-sapphire and Indranīla—of the two, Indranīla is the better.  
> Possessing a bluish lustre imbued with whiteness and light in weight, that is water-sapphire;  
> possessing a bluish lustre imbued with blackness and heavy, that is Indranīla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani~en-mt.12.44) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.4.53) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit
- [Rasendrapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendrapurana.46.209) — Rāmaprasāda, Sanskrit

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