[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) › 5.2 # Rasendracudamani 5.2 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 5.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.5.2) svedādikarma nirmātuṃ vārttikendraiḥ prayatnataḥ / yantryate pārado yasmāttasmādyantramitīritam // > Because mercury is constrained (yantryate) with effort by the foremost alchemists > to accomplish operations such as sweating, it is therefore called an apparatus (yantra). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.5.1) - [Next: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.5.3) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani~en-mt.5.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasendrapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendrapurana.3.68) — Rāmaprasāda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.5.2) · Pramāṇa