[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) › 12.5 # Rasendracudamani 12.5 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 12.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.5) vṛttāyattaṃ samagātraṃ māṇikyaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate / {nīlagandhi:: parīkṣā} nīlaṃ gaṅgāmbusambhūtaṃ nīlagarbhāruṇacchavi / pūrvamāṇikyavacchreṣṭhaṃ māṇikyaṃ nīlagandhi tat // > round-oblong, and uniform in body: such a ruby is declared superior. > That which is bluish, born of the water of the Gaṅgā, reddish with a bluish interior tint, > and superior like the previously mentioned ruby, is the \*nīlagandhi\* ruby. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.4) - [Next: 12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.6) - [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.12.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.4.12) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.12.5) · Pramāṇa