[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) › 14.78 # Rasendracudamani 14.78 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 14.78 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.78) {mṛdu:: phys. properties} drutadrāvam avisphoṭaṃ cikkaṇaṃ mṛdulaṃ śubham / {kuṇṭha:: phys. properties} hataṃ yatprasaredduḥkhaṃ tanmuṇḍaṃ madhyamaṃ smṛtam / {kaḍāra:: phys. properties} yanmuṇḍaṃ bhajyate bhaṅge kṛṣṇaṃ syāttatkaḍārakam // > That which melts quickly, produces no bubbles, is glossy, soft, and auspicious is \[mṛdu\]. / That which expands with difficulty when struck is considered the intermediate muṇḍa \[kuṇṭha\]. / That muṇḍa which breaks, and is black upon fracture, is kaḍāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.77) - [Next: 14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.79) - [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.14.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.78) · Pramāṇa