[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) › [Tantric alchemical scriptures and works of the Rasasiddhas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha) › [Anandakanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda) › 1.1.31 # Anandakanda 1.1.31 Ānandakanda 1.1.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.31) tasmāśrasa iti prokto dhātutvācca varānane / sarvadhātūnrasatyeṣaḥ tasmācca rasa īritaḥ // > Therefore it is called rasa; and because of being a mineral essence, O lovely-faced one, / \[and because\] it assimilates all metals, it is therefore spoken of as rasa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.30) - [Next: 1.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.32) - [Up: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.1.1.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.31) · Pramāṇa