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# Rasendracudamani 14.175

Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 14.175

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [14.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.175)

{bronze:: parīkṣā:: bad quality}  
yatpītaṃ dahane tāmraṃ kharaṃ rūkṣaṃ ghanāsaham /  
mandanādaṃ gatajyotiḥ saptadhā kāṃsyamutsṛjet //

> \[Bad quality bronze\] / That which is yellow, resembles copper upon heating, harsh, dry, unable to bear a hammer, / having a dull sound, and lustreless: one should reject bronze for these seven flaws.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani~en-mt.14.175) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.5.219) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit

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