[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) › 1.23.218 # Anandakanda 1.23.218 Ānandakanda 1.23.218 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.23.218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.218) adhaḥsthaṃ rasam ādāya sarvayogeṣu yojayet / \ śuddhasūtaṃ tathā gandhaṃ sūtārdhaṃ saindhave kṣipet // > Taking the mercury residing below, one should employ it in all formulations. > \ > One should place pure quicksilver and sulfur—half the quantity of the quicksilver—into rock salt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.23.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.217) - [Next: 1.23.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.219) - [Up: 1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.1.23.218) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Rasaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnakara.1.4.7) — Nityanātha Siddha, Sanskrit - [Nityanāthatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.nityanathatantra.4.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.218) · Pramāṇa