[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) › 15.28 # Rasendracudamani 15.28 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 15.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.28) {18 saṃskāras} sūte 'ṣṭādaśasaṃskriyā nigaditāḥ syuḥ svedanaṃ mardanaṃ mūrcchotthāpanapātarodhaniyamāḥ proddīpanaṃ grāsajam / mānaṃ cāraṇagarbhabāhyajanitadrutiśca tajjāraṇā rāgaḥ sāraṇakaṃ parikramavidhir vedhastataḥ sevanam // > Eighteen processing operations are declared for mercury: steaming, grinding, swooning, recovery, distillation, confinement, and regulation; stimulation resulting from morsels; / the measure \[of metals\], causing liquefaction by penetration into internal and external states, and its digestion; coloration, movement, procedure of circumambulation, transmutation, and thereafter ingestion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.27) - [Next: 15.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.29) - [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.15.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.15.28) · Pramāṇa