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# Anandakanda 1.23.258

Ānandakanda 1.23.258

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.23.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.258)

māsamātraprayogeṇa pannagaḥ kāñcanaṃ bhavet /  
\<mercury:: paṭṭabandha\>  
grāhyaṃ tatphalatailaṃ tu yantre pātālasaṃjñake //

> After merely a month's use, lead becomes gold.  
> \<Paṭṭabandha of mercury\>  
> The oil of its fruit should be collected in the apparatus called pātāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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