[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) › General alchemical and iatrochemical compendia # General alchemical and iatrochemical compendia (Rasaśāstra-saṃhitā and Nibandha) Comprehensive treatises and digests covering the whole field of rasaśāstra—mercury, minerals and metals, apparatus, alchemical operations, and iatrochemical therapeutics (such as the Rasendracūḍāmaṇi, Rasaprakāśasudhākara, Rasaratnākara of Nityanātha, Rasaratnasamuccaya, Rasendracintāmaṇi, Rasapaddhati, and later nibandhas)—together with their commentaries. - **Contents:** 174 works, 11 readable - **Words:** 200,337 ## Main works - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.pramukha.rasaratnasamuccaya) — Sanskrit; 1312 CE - [Rasaratnakara (Rasaratnākara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.pramukha.rasaratnakara) — Sanskrit; 1325 CE - [Rasendrapurana (Rasendrapurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.uttarakalina.rasendrapurana) — Sanskrit; partly digitised - [Rasakaumudi (Shrikantha Dikshita) (Rasakaumudī (Śrīkaṇtha Dīkṣita))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.uttarakalina.rasakaumudi) — Sanskrit; 1600–1630 CE; partly digitised - [Rasendracudamani (Rasendracūḍāmaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.pramukha.rasendracudamani) — Sanskrit; 1225 CE; partly digitised - [Rasaprakashasudhakara (Rasaprakāśasudhākara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.pramukha.rasaprakasasudhakara) — Sanskrit; 1250 CE ## Contents (3) - [Major medieval alchemical compendia (Pramukha-rasaśāstra-saṃhitā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.pramukha) — 24 works, 6 readable - [Later iatrochemical compendia and digests (Uttarakālīna-rasanibandha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.uttarakalina) — 149 works, 5 readable - [Not in a sub-category (Other works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya.other) — 1 works, 0 readable --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.samuccaya) · Pramāṇa