[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) › 14.161 # Rasendracudamani 14.161 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 14.161 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.161) {pittala} rītikā kākatuṇḍīti dvividhaṃ pittalaṃ bhavet / {rītikā:: parīkṣā} saṃtaptā kāñjike kṣiptā tāmrābhā rītikā matā / {rājarīti:: parīkṣā} evaṃ prajāyate kṛṣṇā kākatuṇḍīti sā matā // > \[Brass\] / Brass is of two kinds: rītikā and kākatuṇḍī. / \[Testing rītikā\] / Heated and plunged into fermented rice-water, what looks like copper is considered rītikā. / \[Testing rājarīti\] / That which becomes black in this way is considered kākatuṇḍī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.160) - [Next: 14.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.162) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani~en-mt.14.161) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Ānandakanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.7.2) — Sanskrit - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.5.202) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.161) · Pramāṇa