Rasendracudamani 8

English (machine translation) 8

Language: English

8.1

Rcūm, 8 / [The group beginning with sarpākṣī:] / Sarpākṣī, vandhyakarkoṭī, jalabimbī, jambukī, / punarnavā, matsyākṣī, bhṛṅgarāja, śatāvarī,

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śarapuṅkhā, maṇḍūkaparṇikā, brahmadaṇḍikā, / anantā, kukkuṭī, jaṅghā, kākamācī, śikhaṇḍinī,

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sahadevī, kapotī, viṣṇukrāntā, kuraṇṭaka, / mahābalā, nāgabalā, mūrvā, rāsnā, kuriṅginī,

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phaṇin, nīlī, prapunnāṭa, samaṅgā, likewise āmalakī, / jvālinī, meghanāda, gojihvā, padmacāriṇī,

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pāṭhā, kokilākṣa, tripattrā, ākhukarṇikā, / ekaparṇī, dviparṇī, triparṇī, likewise kṣīriṇī,

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tittiḍī, meṣaśṛṅgī, tulasī, śyāmaparṇikā, / and śvetādriparṇikā: this is considered the group beginning with sarpākṣī.

8.7

This forty-six-member [group] is indeed the restrainer of mercury. / Here, all five parts of these herbs must be taken according to rule,

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in the steaming of mercury and other [substances], in the preparation of crucibles, and in purification; / above eight [of these], they should be taken as available for the stated operations.

8.9

An excess beyond eight certainly creates an increase of virtues. / [The group beginning with vyāghrikā:] / Vyāghrikā, rākṣasī, vahni, cāṇḍālī, gajakarṇikā,

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ṣaṭkārī, śaṅkhapuṣpī, bṛhatī, hilamocaka, / śṛgālajihvikā, vahni, madanī, likewise lāṅgalī,

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cakrikā, vajriṇī, vyāghrī, kaṅkatī, putrajīvikā, / kañcukī, karkoṭī, kumārī, padmacāriṇī,

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ekavīrā, rudantī, lakṣmī, narakasā, / uccaṭā, raktacitrā, nāginī, nāgavallikā,

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saktukā, saktuśṛṅgī, raktasnuh, yajñavallikā, / śākhoṭa, meṣaśṛṅgī, hemalī, vyāghrapādikā,

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śamī, vyāghranakhī, somavallarī, arkapuṣpikā, / keśinī, kāsamārī, vṛkṣarāja, ajamārikā,

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koṭarākṣī, hanūmantī, narajīvāṅganāyakī, / mālikā, kākatuṇḍī, meghapuṣpī, kaṅguṇī,

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anyā, tuvaravallī, jagatī, haṃsapādikā, / kumbhinī, vahnimārī, sūryabhaktā, vākucī,

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rasanirjīvakārī, bhūśuṇḍī, kaṭutumbikā, / devadālī, viśālā, kārpāsī, brahmarañjaka,

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kṛṣṇākṣīva, likewise black dhattūra, vanapīluka, / white arka, yavaciñcā, kāravellī, and dantikā.

8.19

Gojihvā, kākajaṅghā, śvetaguñjā, and śambarā; / mahākālī, sitāṅkola, māyūra, and paṭolikā;

8.20

This is that group beginning with vyāghrikā, supreme in reducing mercury to ashes; / in the seeds [or extracts] of these stated medicinal plants, mercury is digested separately.

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[The group beginning with raktasnuhī:] / Raktasnuhī, rudantī, raktāgni, somavallikā, / vṛddhadāru, śākhoṭī, mohinī, aṅgāravallikā,

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Barhikā, kṣīramārjārī, triśūlā, kṣīrakukkuṭī, / jīmūta, kākamācī, nīlikā, śaṅkhapuṣpikā,

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Having leaves resembling the leaves of betel-vine and possessing a small tuber, / originating on Śrīśaila, destroying hard stone [or diamonds]—it is known as nāgakarṇī;

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Jyotiṣmatī, drumajyotis, tṛṇajyotis, and then uccaṭā, / udumbarī, tridaṇḍī, and also another, nīlajyotis;

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Hemavallarikā, tāmravallarī, and cukra, / tridaṇḍī, brahmadaṇḍī, krauñcikā, sthalapadminī,

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Varā, vartulaparṇā, nāgakaṇṭhī, and lāṅgalī, / nāgajihvā, arkapatrī, and likewise kāṣṭhodumbarikā,

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Kāladaṇḍī, and triparṇī: this group beginning with raktasnuhī / has been prescribed by Śambhu himself for the binding, killing, and purification of mercury.

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Purified and ground with these plant substances endowed with touch, smell, and taste, / mercury is easily killed and bound.

8.29

[The group beginning with kadalī:] / Kadalī, sūryabhakta, and likewise bitter koṣātakī, / drāviṇī, kākamācī, śigrukā, kṣīrakañcukī,

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And nīrapippalikā: this group beginning with kadalī / is definitely a liquefier of all metals, of mercury, and of other substances.

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[The group beginning with kākamācī:] / Kākamācī, arkapatrī, kāsamarda, kṛtāñjali, / lakṣmaṇā, haṃsapādī, nāginī, kṣīranālikā,

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Tāmbūlī, vyālikā, brāhmī, kāravallī, arjunī, carā, / vārāhakarṇikā, meghadhvani, sahadevikā,

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And likewise kuruvaka: this group beginning with kākamācī / is prescribed for the penetration of mercury into the body and into metal.

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Ekavīrā, mahāvīrā, prayoga, and hemadaṇḍikā: / this fourfold set is taught as decisive in the binding of mercury.

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All of them transform body and metal, remove major diseases, / are auspicious, bestow sons, and act as aphrodisiacs through seeing, touching, and other means.

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[Ekavīrā:] / It is a creeper with corpse-like leaves, bearing a single fruit at leaf-fall; / it is called ekavīrā, supremely effective in binding mercury.

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[Mahāvīrā:] / The one on whose subsequent leaf a single fruit is born, / having a luster resembling coral, is considered to be mahāvīrā.

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[Prayogakanda:] / Having three tubers and three crests, bearing two fruits attached to a stalk, / with leaves resembling bamboo leaves, growing on the Vindhya mountains frequented by elephants;

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Its middle tuber is indeed the rākṣasa named Prayoga; / ground thoroughly with it, mercury is easily killed and bound.

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[Hemavallī:] / Having leaves like betel leaves, possessing golden-coloured latex, / and devoid of fruits, flowers, and the like: that is considered to be hemavallī.

8.41

Mercury bound with the urine of one who consumed it through proper association, / held in the mouth for a year, bestows the power of flying through the air.

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[The group beginning with vajradaṇḍā:] / Vajradaṇḍa, laśunadaṇḍa, and lohadaṇḍa—these three, / possessing the nature of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, are protectors of the three worlds.

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Pathyā, dried ginger, realgar, muṇḍī, nirguṇḍī, viḍaṅgaka, / citraka, the three pungents, gold, pyrite, and vimala:

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This group beginning with vajradaṇḍā is extremely eminent in rejuvenation therapy, / supreme in curing all diseases, and destructive of old age and death.

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[The group beginning with bhūpāṭalī:] / Bhūpāṭalī, paṭolī, yogārī, siṃhavallikā, / śūkarī, hemavallī, nāgadhārī, and mārkava:

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This group beginning with bhūpāṭalī effects the binding of mercury. / [The group of five jewels:] / Pāṭalendīvarī, and mantrasiṃhāsanī,

Niśācarī, and kaṅkālakhecarī: this [group of] five jewels / transforms body and metal, effects the killing and binding of mercury, / destroys wrinkles and grey hair, and is supreme in removing all diseases.

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Rasendracūḍāmaṇi — Somadeva (alchemist), Sanskrit