[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) › 15.13 # Rasendracudamani 15.13 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 15.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.13) īṣat pītāntaro rūkṣaḥ sa sūto dehalohakṛt / {Gewinnung von Hg mit nackten Frauen} snātāmādyarajasvalāṃ hayagatāṃ prāptāṃ jighṛkṣuśca tāṃ so'pyāgacchati yojanaṃ hi paritaḥ pratyeti kūpaṃ punaḥ / tanmārge kṛtagarttake ca bahuśaḥ saṃtiṣṭhate sūtarāṭ so'yaṃ tatra nivāsibhiḥ khalu janairevaṃ samānīyate // > Slightly yellowish inside and rough, that mercury transmutes the body and base metals. Desiring to seize a menstruating woman just bathed after her first menses who arrives riding a horse, that king of rasas comes out for a yojana all around, and then returns to the well. And it stays in large quantities in pits dug along her path; in this way, it is indeed collected by the local inhabitants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.12) - [Next: 15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.14) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani~en-mt.15.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.13) · Pramāṇa