Rasendracudamani 7

English (machine translation) 7

Language: English

7.1

Rcūm, 7 / Now the evident mercurial [plants] are expounded by Somadeva, / as taught in the scripture of Śrīkaṇṭha, excellent in the processing of mercury.

7.2

[68 kinds of mercurial medicinal plants:] / Jalotpala, samaṅgā, rasā, and jalapippalī, / sthalaprasāriṇī, ciñcī, jālinī, jalamūlakā,

7.3

candrodakā, ardhacandrā, and jalāpāmārga, tiktakā, / tuṣāmbu, kākamācī, and jalakumbhī, likewise śaṭī,

7.4

uttamā, hemapuṣpī, durgandhā, sitagandhinī, / māṇḍūkī, mohinī, māṃsī, pāṣāṇī, and then śīśikā,

7.5

sārivā, alambuṣā, meghanādī, and śukanāsikā, / potakī, hīriṇī, vajrakandikā, and aparājitā,

7.6

vanamālā, vidārī, kukkuṭā, halinīśvarī, / vārāhī, bṛhatī, mūrvā, sarpākṣī, sadacitrikā,

7.7

mālārjuna, gojihvā, garuḍī, haṃsapādikā, / nandinī, śikhipādī, kāśmarī, likewise tulasī,

7.8

vanakūṣmāṇḍavallī, vṛścikālī, veṇukā, / muśalī, citrapādī, karmasphoṭī, likewise viṣā,

7.9

ajamārī, pāṭalā, paṭolī, dhanvayāsaka, / bhārṅgī, viṣaghnī, guḍūcī, vāsā, bhṛṅgī, and pāgava;

thus these sixty-eight mercurial plants of great power are declared, / for binding, killing, likewise for digestion and restraint, / in seizing the bind of mercury, and in eliminating all its defects.

7.11

On the Vindhya mountain, on the Himavat mountain, on Malaya, Gomantaka, Śrīgiri, / on the Sahya mountain, and on the Pāriyātra mountain, at the abode named Kiṣkindha, / on the Mahendra, and on the Mālyavat mountain—their forms, names, and more / should be ascertained by physicians from the mouths of cowherds, Ābhīras, Siddhas, and physicians.

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Rasendracūḍāmaṇi — Somadeva (alchemist), Sanskrit